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Daily Archives: January 1, 2013

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McCormick Gourmet Spices

Spices Were Once More Valuable Than Silver and Men Would Kill to Acquire Them

Food and Beverages, HistoryBy Joshua KennonJanuary 1, 20139 Comments

I’m reading a book called Spice: The History of a Temptation by Jack Turner.  As the review said, “There was a time, for a handful of peppercorns, you could have someone killed. Throw in a nutmeg or two, you could probably watch. There was a time when grown men sat around and thought of nothing but black…

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