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288 pages • first pub 2008 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300111996
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
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This engaging book explores the demand for spices: why were they so popular, and why so expensive? Paul Freedman surveys the history, geography, economics, and culinary tastes of the Middle Ages to uncover the surprisingly varied ways that spices...
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288 pages • first pub 2008 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780300111996
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
This engaging book explores the demand for spices: why were they so popular, and why so expensive? Paul Freedman surveys the history, geography, economics, and culinary tastes of the Middle Ages to uncover the surprisingly varied ways that spices...