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SPICE

“Spice was a catalyst of discovery and, by extension — that much abused phrase of the popular historian — the reshaping of the world. The Asian empires of Portugal, England, and the Netherlands might be said with only a little exaggeration to have sprouted from a quest for cinnamon, cloves, pepper, nutmeg, and mace, and something similar was true of the Americas….For the sake of spices, fortunes were made and lost, empires built and destroyed, and even a new world discovered. For thousands of years, this was an appetite that spanned the planet and, in doing so, transformed it.”

from Jack Turner’s Spice: The History of a Temptation (introduction page xii)

One of the longest running mysteries for Europeans was the origin of cloves and pepper. Both played prominently in Roman cookbooks, but it took until “exploration” in the early 1500s for the Europeans to create direct access to them. Now we can find almost any spice in our local grocery store with ease and not a thought of what path it took to get there.  Perhaps we have some in our cabinets that we didn’t even know we have, let alone know how to use. It’s funny how easy access to something makes it less intriguing and how easy it is to forget how we got easy access to begin with. From here on out, we dare you to treat the ordinary, the accessible with more respect and let magic happen as you “discover” something new each day. Cook with a new spice each day!  Add a new spice to a tea or beverage of choice!  Look up a spice’s history!

All of our spices are organic and sustainably traded!

Spices, Salts and Peppercorns

Our Current Spice offerings available for purchase or inclusion in a gift pack.  We will soon post an ordering list with prices.

*All information is for educational purposes only. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.