A review by sshabein
The Book of Spice: From Anise to Zedoary by John O'Connell

informative slow-paced

4.0

Though some of the factual asides — those little bits of irresistibly mentionable research that don't quite fit the brief — could maybe have been narrowed, this was still an informative, interesting read. Some of the spices, I'd never heard of, and discussion of others made me want to cook. (I have a bit of a problem when it comes to buying all sorts of herbs and spices.) If a person wanted to do further research, there is also a fairly comprehensive notes section, as well as a small section on different spice blends.