Dash of Spice: Spices for Health, Beauty, and Cookery: Recipes and Traditions

A comprehensive & entertaining collection of spice recipes, lore & legend, remedies, & beauty treatments. Myth & intrigue have long surrounded the spice trade & the use of spices. This book traces the origins of spices & how they were carried around the world on the treacherous spice routes. It is a celebration of intriguing spice facts, history, & mythology, & also includes more than 50 spicy & exotic recipes from around the world. There are even recipes for including spices in natural beauty preparations & a variety of health tonics. The book includes a directory of the most important spices, with evocative descriptions of their origins, forms, flavors, & uses. Illustrated with historical images & beautiful full-color recipe photos.