Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination by Paul Freedman

Out of the East: Spices and the Medieval Imagination

Paul Freedman

288 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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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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