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Nest Of Spices
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Author : Linda Sidgwick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-01
Nest Of Spices written by Linda Sidgwick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01 with Fiction categories.
'At the end of its five hundred year life, the Phoenix builds a nest of spices, perches on it, and sings until the sunlight sets it alight; both nest and bird burn completely away and a new young Phoenix bird arises from the ashes.' The consequences of a mother taking the secret of her new-born child's paternity to the grave, are grave indeed. Joseph Elliot, Lizzibeth Buxton and Henry Ferguson, are unlikely childhood soul-mates through a fortuitous, yet near tragic, twist of fate on Henry's father's Dorset estate in the autumn of 1843. When Lizzibeth invites one of her two friends, as she surely must, to explore the adult world of physical pleasure, she could not know that this momentous and mutual right of passage, would share the same moment in their history as her brother's crime. As Joseph begins to build his family life far away from the Dorset coast amidst the events and establishment of Scarborough as a successful Victorian seaside resort, Henry settles for a career in the army. They could not have known how both these past events would riddle the embers of their lives, as history begins to taunt them in their new situations. Joseph and his wife graciously struggle to cope with these intermittent and sometimes malevolent flickers of the emerging truth from not only their own and Henry's past, but also the Buxtons. Secrets spark from subsequent generations fueling this otherwise benign yet glimmering glow of deceit from the Elliot women. Absolution for them all, arrives in an engulfing blaze of revelation to Lizzibeth's daughter Betsy Agatha, almost seventy years after her birth. Only then, like the phoenix in the Dorset town where her life began, can she openly bequeath a bright new dawn to her family, in her own enlightened dusk.
Nest Of Spices
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Author : Susan R. Karhroody
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
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The Nest Of Spices Resource Pack
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Author : Northern Stage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
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The Mystery Of Herbs And Spices
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Author : James Moseley
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2006-03-27
The Mystery Of Herbs And Spices written by James Moseley and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-27 with Cooking categories.
The Mystery of Herbs and Spices offers 53 tell-all biographies of celebrated spices and herbs. Tales of war, sex, greed, hedonism, cunning, exploration and adventure reveal how mankind turned the mere need for nourishment into the exaltation of culinary arts. Is it a spice or herb? Where does it come from and what causes its taste? What legends or scandals embellish it? To what curious uses has it been put? How can you use it today? Neither a cookbook nor dry scholarship, the book employs anecdotes and humor to demystify the use and character of every spice or herb. Sample chapters from The Mystery of Herbs and Spices follow. INTRODUCTION ?Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted calf with hatred.? ? Proverbs 15:17 Herbs and spices. They impart glory to food, and variety to life. They are what separate the mere cook from the gourmet. But they can be confusing. What is the difference between a herb and a spice? What foods do they go with? And don?t you feel silly, not knowing if you are supposed to say ?herb? or ?erb?? You might think a gourmet, who understands such things, is a sort of wizard ? that?s what people thought in the Middle Ages, when users of herbal medicines were accused of witchcraft and burnt! But to people who grow up in India or Thailand, exotic spices are common. They use a wealth of seasonings as casually as we scatter ketchup and pepper. Cooking with cardamom or cumin might seem a mystery of subtle kitchens, but did you know that ordinary pepper was once precious and rare? If you lived in Europe seven hundred years ago, you could pay your rent or taxes in peppercorns, counting them out like coins. You could have bought a horse for a pound of saffron; a pound of ginger would get you a cow; and a pound of nutmeg was worth seven fat oxen. If you were an exceptionally lucky bride, your father might give you peppercorns as a dowry. Now consider how casually we dash a bit of pepper over a fried egg today! Like anything else, herbs and spices are easy to use when you are familiar with them. But, like nothing else, the story of spices is laced with adventure. Ferdinand Magellan launched the first voyage around our planet. By the time he reached the Pacific Ocean, he had been out of touch with civilization for a year. Sailing from the west coast of South America, he headed out onto a briny desert of burning glass. He had no maps. He had no radio. He had ridiculously small and leaky ships. He was going where no one had ever gone before. The hissing swells of the Pacific would take him four frightening months to cross, without laying eyes once on land. There would be nothing like this adventure for another five hundred years ? not until our exploration of space. Magellan died out there in the unknown. Only eighteen of his 237 sailors straggled back to Spain. What did they have to show for it? Silver? Gold? Scientific discoveries? No?nutmegs and cloves! Twenty-six tons of them ? enough to pay for the entire cost of the voyage and make a profit of 500 gold ducats for every shareholder. No one doubted for one second that the whole adventure had been worth it! Spices. They enhance our food. That?s all. But, since the human race began to dream, the story of spices has enchanted our fantasy as well. Where do they come from? Why are they so enticing? In what new ways can we use them? This is a book of discovery. Unfurl your sails, like Magellan, and follow the fragrance of spices and herbs to their source, gather their lore, and let them not only season your cooking, but enrich your enjoyment of life. PETER PIPER If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? It might seem funny now, but it wasn?t funny at the time. Pierre Poivre of Lyons, France, otherwise known as Peter Pepper or Peter Piper, was a real person. Born in 1719, he started his career as a Christian missionary, and founded a bank in Vietnam. In 1766 he became Governor of Isle de France (Mauritius), the French colony far off the southeast coast of Africa. The eponymous tongue-twister made fun of the Pierre?s hare-brained schemes. On his lovely but lonely tropical island, far from the glitter of Paris, Peter Piper watched Dutch ships freighting precious cargoes of cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon right under his nose from the Far East to Amsterdam. The spice trade created fabulous wealth. Spices were cheap to grow. They were compact and lightweight, so that huge loads could be crammed into a ship?s hold. Prices in Europe were high, so that an Indiaman could realize a 4,000 per cent profit in a single voyage! No other cargo could compare. Now why, thought Peter Piper, couldn?t those spices be grown in his colony? Of course, the Dutch wouldn?t just hand them over. But if one could sneak into the Dutch colony of Indonesia and smuggle out a seedling or two ? what wealth for France! What gloire for Pierre Poivre! And he did it. In 1769, Governor Poivre equipped two fast ships that slipped through the Dutch blockade into a lonely harbor on the island of Jibby in the Moluccas. The French expedition persuaded the local rajah to sell sixty clove plants. The Dutch found out, but could not outsail the swift French corsairs. Two of the pilfered trees bore fruit in 1775. In 1776, Peter Piper presented the first French-grown cloves to His Christian Majesty, King Louis XVI. Cloves were planted in the other French colonies of Reunion, Cayenne, and Martinique. But historical events foiled Peter?s Piper?s plan for a new French monopoly. Napoleon occupied Holland in 1800. In a counter-move, France?s enemy, England, seized the Dutch colonies in the East. They sent clove and nutmeg plants to the British colonies of Malacca and Ceylon, to the West Indian islands of St. Vincent, Trinidad, Grenada, and, in Africa, to Zanzibar, which became the most important source of cloves on earth, even to this day. So the greatest harvest of Peter Piper?s pilfered plants came long after he left Mauritius in 1776. And what glory did Peter Piper get? An inaccurate nursery rhyme about picking pickled peppers! CINNAMON AND CASSIA The Greeks thought that cassia, cinnamon?s cousin, was collected from a swamp infested by giant, shrieking bats. Cinnamon is probably the oldest spice known to man. Twenty-five centuries before Christ, Pharaoh Sankhare sent a sailing expedition down the African Coast looking for it. And Moses used cinnamon to make the anointing oil of Hebrew worship. Herodotus wrote that somewhere near the fabled city of Nosa in Arabia, giant birds made nests of cinnamon sticks. Cinnamon harvesters would lay carcasses of donkeys and oxen out for the birds, who would swoop down and carry the meat up to their nests. The weight of these carcasses would snap bits off the nests, and the cinnamon hunters would gather the scattered cinnamon quills below. The Greeks also thought that cassia, cinnamon?s cousin, was collected from a swamp infested by giant, shrieking bats. Tragically, neither story was true. Arab merchants spread these tall tales to keep their sources of cinnamon secret, for Europeans dreamed of finding the source of this spice. Diodorus, the Sicilian historian who flourished in 50 BC, wrote tantalizingly that there was so much cinnamon in Arabia that Bedouins used it for campfires! Although both cinnamon and its close cousin, cassia, are mentioned often in the Bible, neither ever grew in the Holy Lands. From the faraway tropics of Asia, daring Indonesian sailors followed seasonal winds, called monsoons, to the coast of Africa. Their cinnamon cargo was freighted by Arab sailors up to the Red Sea, or carted by land caravans through Kenya, 2,000 miles along the Nile, until it reached the Mediterranean shores. Cassia, which is so like cinnamon but grows in China, was packed along the famous Silk Route, from South China, through the Gobi Desert, over the Himalayas, and to Antioch, Syr
Dangerous Tastes
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Author : Andrew Dalby
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000
Dangerous Tastes written by Andrew Dalby and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Cooking categories.
"Dangerous Tastes offers a fresh perspective on these exotic substances and the roles they have played over the centuries. The author shows how each region became part of a worldwide network of trade - with local consequences ranging from disaster to triumph."--BOOK JACKET.
The Science Of Spice
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Author : Stuart Farrimond
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2018-10-04
The Science Of Spice written by Stuart Farrimond and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with Cooking categories.
Adventurous cooks, curious foodies, and fans of spicy recipes. Break new ground with this spice book like no other. Explore the world's best spices, discover why certain spice mixes work, and how to use spices creatively. Be inspired to make your own new spice blends, and take your cooking to new heights. The Science of Spice will help you understand the practical science behind the art of cooking with spices. If you've ever wondered what to do with that unloved jar of sumac, why some spices taste stronger than others, or how to make your own personal garam masala, this inspirational guide has all the answers. Spice sets out the science behind the flavours and helps you choose, with greater confidence and intuition, how to use spices that perfectly complement each other. Spice profiles - organised by their dominant flavour compound - showcase the world's top spices, with recipe ideas, information on how to buy, use, and store, and more in-depth science to help you release the flavours and make your own spice connections, as well as a selection of recipes using innovative spice blends designed to brighten your palate and inspire your own culinary adventures. The Science of Spice is an indispensable kitchen companion that home cooks will turn to time and time again to learn and innovate.
Spices
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Author : Fred Czarra
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2009-05-01
Spices written by Fred Czarra and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-01 with Cooking categories.
The scent of oregano immediately conjures the comforts of Italian food, curry is synonymous with Indian flavor, and the fire of chili peppers ignites the cuisine of Latin America. Spices are often the overlooked essentials that define our greatest eating experiences. In this global history of spices, Fred Czarra tracks the path of these fundamental ingredients from the trade routes of the ancient world to the McCormick’s brand’s contemporary domination of the global spice market. Focusing on the five premier spices—black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and chili pepper—while also relating the story of many others along the way, Czarra describes how spices have been used in cooking throughout history and how their spread has influenced regional cuisines around the world. Chili peppers, for example, migrated west from the Americas with European sailors and spread rapidly in the Philippines and then to India and the rest of Asia, where the spice quickly became essential to local cuisines. The chili pepper also traveled west from India to Hungary, where it eventually became the national spice—paprika. Mixing a wide range of spice fact with fascinating spice fable—such as giant birds building nests of cinnamon—Czarra details how the spice trade opened up the first age of globalization, prompting a cross-cultural exchange of culinary technique and tradition. This savory spice history will enliven any dinner table conversation—and give that meal an unforgettable dash of something extra.
The Alchemy Of Aroma
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Author : Barrett Williams
language : en
Publisher: Barrett Williams
Release Date : 2024-04-09
The Alchemy Of Aroma written by Barrett Williams and has been published by Barrett Williams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-09 with Cooking categories.
Discover the transformative power of spices in "The Alchemy of Aroma"—an enchanting journey that will seduce your senses and unlock the secrets of spice mixology. This insightful guide invites you on a gastronomic adventure, exploring the intricate world of spices that can enhance, transform, and elevate your culinary creations. Embark on an olfactory odyssey with "The Essence of Spice Mixology," where you'll learn the fundamentals of crafting the perfect spice blend, the historical weight they carry across cultures, and the tools you'll need to become a connoisseur of aromatic excellence. Grasp the very soul of flavor as you delve into the heart of spice characteristics and balancing techniques in "Mastering the Core Spice Elements." Experience the artistry behind prepping your spices in "The Art of Grinding and Toasting," revealing the methods for grinding, toasting, and preserving to capture peak flavors that transform dishes from ordinary to extraordinary. Set sail on a global tour with "World Spice Palette Breakdown," which unveils regional secrets from the milder Mediterranean to the vibrant heart of Asia. "The Alchemy of Aroma" continues to unravel the mysteries of spice combinations, showing readers how to infuse a touch of sweetness into their desserts, design regional spice fusions, and create harmonious herbal blends. Unleash your inner alchemist with guidance on concocting signature spice blends that cater to your unique taste profile in "Signature Spice Mix Creation." The journey through the zesty aisles of flavor doesn't end there. The book also dives deep into the scientific aspects of spices in cooking, essential equipment, and critiquing blends to refine your palate. As seasons change, discover festive combinations that complement the produce and joy of each period in "Seasonal Spice Blends and Their Uses." "The Alchemy of Aroma" even ventures beyond the plate, offering knowledge on spicing up beverages and understanding the business side of spice mixology for budding entrepreneurs. With practical applications for every meal and insights into preserving heritage through spices, this guide is a treasure trove for the aspiring spice mixologist eager to leave a mark on the culinary world. As our modern lives hunger for authentic flavors and genuine food stories, "The Alchemy of Aroma" is the key to unlocking an exquisite treasure chest of taste sensations. Ready your senses for a revolution of flavor that will elevate every dish from mundane to magical—your journey into the kaleidoscope of spices begins now.
The Complete Idiot S Guide To Spices And Herbs
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Author : Leslie Bilderback, CMB
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2007-12-04
The Complete Idiot S Guide To Spices And Herbs written by Leslie Bilderback, CMB and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-04 with Cooking categories.
Zest it up! Using spices and herbs (the key to any delicious meal) can be daunting with so many to choose from, not to mention the many possible combinations. In this book, a master chef and baker unlocks the key to the dazzling world of flavor by showing cooks of every level how to use and combine over 150 of the most popular spices and herbs. She also provides delicious recipes, fun facts, tips on storage, and a resource guide on where to get hard-to-find spices and herbs.The book also includes dozens of easy-to-follow and delicious recipes.
Noter Til Matematisk Suppleringskursus Tekn Nat
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Noter Til Matematisk Suppleringskursus Tekn Nat written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
