Spice: The History of a Temptation TC_Bestseller these young women must grapple

these young women must grapple with the cultural expectations standing firm around them

When the Chinese government refused to renew Wong’s press credentials and forced him to leave mainland China in 2019

Flowers becomes convinced that someone is keeping a list—with many more names on it

” continue to provide brilliant meditations on perennial human problems

In Whose Story Is This

Spice: The History of a Temptation TC_Bestseller these young women must grappleIn this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an erafrom ancient times through the Renaissancewhen what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood. Spices 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