Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey Volume 45
(Book #45 in the California Studies in Food and Culture Series)
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Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family's history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0520267206
ISBN13:9780520267206
Release Date:April 2014
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:332 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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