The Quest for Pepper: A Brief History of Modern Spices
New Delhi [India], February 21: The History of Spices is not a culinary anecdote. It is a record of appetite weaponized.
Black pepper was never “just” a seasoning. In late medieval Europe it functioned as currency, dowry, tax payment, ransom. The small black bead—dried fruit of Piper nigrum—moved no...
