Spicy: The History of the Spice Trade

In this episode of Eat My Globe, our host, Simon Majumdar, turns his attention to the routes between the East and the West that brought spices and other exotic ingredients to medieval tables, as he discovers the history of the Spice Roads and the key spices that travelled along them. So if you want to know how spices were first used in the ancient world, why pepper was known as “black gold,” and why wars were fought over nutmeg, come and join us on the next episode of Eat My Globe.

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