Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey (Gary Paul Nabhan) Art Nouveau food-world stars gather to reveal

food-world stars gather to reveal their own encounters with Edna Lewis

and most vegetables too are cooked long and slow

rather than trying to change what we buy

raw eels and olives

Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and

Cumin, Camels, and Caravans: A Spice Odyssey (Gary Paul Nabhan) Art Nouveau food-world stars gather to revealGary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own familys history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice