{"product_id":"9781681771526","title":"The Book of Spice: From Anise to Zedoary","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt once familiar and exotic, spices are rare things, comforting us in favorite dishes while evoking far-flung countries, Arabian souks, colonial conquests, and vast fortunes.\u003cbr\u003eA tasty compendium of spices and a fascinating history and wide array of uses of the world’s favorite flavors—The Book of Spicereveals the amazing history of spices both familiar and esoteric. John O’Connell’s erudite chapters combine history with insights into art, religion, medicine, and science, and is richly seasoned with anecdotes and recipes.\u003cbr\u003eDiscover why Cleopatra bathed in saffron and mare’s milk, why wormwood-laced absinthe caused eighteenth-century drinkers to hallucinate and how cloves harvested in remote Indonesian islands found their way into a kitchen in ancient Syria. Almost every kitchen contains a bottle of cloves or a stick of cinnamon, almost every dish a pinch of something, whether chili or cumin. The Book of Spice is culinary history at its most appetizing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049678520560,"sku":"9781681771526","price":18.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681771526_p0.jpg?v=1763694475","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681771526","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}