Dangerous Tastes : the story of spices / Andrew Dalby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dalby, Andrew, 1947-

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

California studies in food and culture ; 1.

California studies in food and culture ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spices--History.

Spices.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

184 pages, [28] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.

Contents:

Preface

The phoenix's nest. Silphium

Exports from Paradise. Ginger; Sugar; Sandalwood; Balsam of Mecca; Cinnamon; Tejpat; Musk

The Spice Islands. Cloves; Nutmeg and mace; Cubebs; Camphor; Gum benzoin

The aromatic shore. Ambergris; Aloeswood

The cinnamon mountains. Chinese pepper; Galanga; Rhubarb and licorice; Ginseng and star anise

The land of pepper. Putchuk or costus; Spikenard; Long pepper; Black pepper; Turmeric; Red sanders; Zedoary and zerumbet; Amomum and cardamom

The rarest of spices. Gum guggul; Asafoetida or hing; Frankincense; Myrrh

Cargoes of complacence. Coriander or cilantro; Cumin, caraway, anise, ajowan and nigella; Mustard; Poppy; Mastic; Storax; Saffron

'I have found cinnamon!' Uchu, rocoto and ulupica; Pink peppercorns; Coca; Chocolate; Vanilla; Chilli; Tabasco pepper and Scotch Bonnet; Canella; Balsam of Peru

In quest of spicery.

Notes:

"Published by arrangement with British Museum Press."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-164) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

Kislak copy has photocopy of article "The taste whose name you may not know" (4 leaves) by Aliza Green for the Inquirer laid in.

ISBN:

0520227891

OCLC:

44979585