{"product_id":"spice-the-history-of-a-temptation","title":"Spice: The History of a Temptation","description":"In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era—from ancient times through the Renaissance—when what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood.\n\nSpices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night aphrodisiacs. Indispensible for cooking, medicine, worship, and the arts of love, they were thought to have magical properties and were so valuable that they were often kept under lock and key. For some, spices represented Paradise, for others, the road to perdition, but they were potent symbols of wealth and power, and the wish to possess them drove explorers to circumnavigate the globe—and even to savagery.\n\nFollowing spices across continents and through literature and mythology, Spice is a beguiling narrative about the surprisingly vast influence spices have had on human desire.\n\nIncludes eight pages of color photographs.\n\nOne of the Best Books of the Year: Discover Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0375707050\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0375707050.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Turner, Jack\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41593667813434,"sku":"DBV.0375707050.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0375707050-0.jpg?v=1786675822","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/spice-the-history-of-a-temptation","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}