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... of the commodity discussed. In the case of star anise, this includes an examination of its role as “a key component in the industrial production of the anti-influenza pharmaceutical Tamiflu” (43). [email protected] Fragrant Frontier: Global Spice Entanglements from the Sino-Vietnamese Uplands...

... learned of my interest in agricultural plants, Mzee Ali stopped periodically to point out vanilla, cinnamon, black pepper, ginger, and other spices growing near the roadside. And everywhere I saw the emergent crowns of coconut palms (Cocos nucifera, mnazi), mango (Mangifera indica, mwembe), and clove...

... the extant literature, Hahn begins with the broader context in her first chapter, Sugar and Spice. Here, colonial plantation agriculture, the long-distance trade in spices and other commodities, emerging fashion cycles, and protected home markets came together by the middle of the eighteenth century...

... Perfect Custard Pie, while Mrs. Tyler stone of Taylorville bragged on her spice Pie (Extra Good) and Mrs. Jack Gray of Bailey offered her Excellent lemon Pie. it is possible that the editor of the pie section let the superlatives stand, for only one other recipe in the book earns such accolades: Mrs...

... there are also religious debates to be had there. Chapter 3 is on vegetables and legumes (but includes herbs and spices). Chapter 4 is on fruits and sweets (including honey and sugar). The last chapter is devoted to wine, which again allows for a lot of religious discussion. Readers who are not very familiar...

... include an introduction, a description of plants on the Silk Road, and a discussion of the Silk and Spice Routes, respectively. Chapters Four through Twelve each focus upon a specific domesticate or group of domesticates, e.g. millets, rice, grapes, and apples. The final chapter is a conclusion...

.... in the seventeenth-century spice markets, by contrast, the dutch settlement of 566 © 2016 Agricultural History Society 2016 Sustainability: A History . By Jeremy L. Caradonna . New York : Oxford University Press , 2014 . 352 pp., $29.95 , hardback, ISBN 978-0-19-937240-9 . ...

... markets due to global competition. in the seventeenth-century spice markets, by contrast, the dutch settlement of 566 2016 Book Reviews batavia vigorously enforced monopoly control of intra-asian trade. nierstrasz argues that the companies were unable to control the centers of production or eliminate...

...-maker in the field. Proverbs, folk festivals, ad? vertising innuendo, fairy tales, and "urban lore" give the book its spice, but there's also enough agricultural origins and dispersals to satisfy the more serious reader. Curiously, though, Rooted in America has precious little folklore about diet...

...Linda O. McMurry Book Reviews / 715 Jack Hanna's "square tomato" and Coby Lorenzen's centrifugal tomato har? vester, an inadvertent catsup-maker in the field. Proverbs, folk festivals, ad? vertising innuendo, fairy tales, and "urban lore" give the book its spice, but there's also enough...

... turns to the countryside and the peasantry; it then shifts to various forms of food and drink and their production or procurement: drinks, bread, meat, dairy, game, fish, spices, and sugar. Woolgar then returns to Civic Food Culture, the monasteries, and finally the Elite Table. This latter group...

..., and Porter's data for the post-colonial period points to farmers' continued attempts tomitigate its effects through experimentation with different combinations of maize, cassava, rice, ba nanas, citrus and other tree crops, and spices. Despite farmers' willingness to experiment, and the fact...

... of spices in other countries. Zeide tries to place canned goods briefly in context in the conclusion that access to canned fruits and vegetables gave a whole subset of Americans access to nutrients they might not have had access to before, and that emotional responses to the foods of our childhoods...

... produced whole foods actually saw their BPA levels increase, likely due to the use of BPA in plastics as part of even minimal food processing, such as in the milking industry or in the production of spices in other countries. Zeide tries to place canned goods briefly in context in the conclusion...

... and the peasantry; it then shifts to various forms of food and drink and their production or procurement: drinks, bread, meat, dairy, game, fish, spices, and sugar. Woolgar then returns to Civic Food Culture, the monasteries, and finally the Elite Table. This latter group receives further elaboration in his...

... include an introduction, a description of plants on the Silk Road, and a discussion of the Silk and Spice Routes, respectively. Chapters Four through Twelve each focus upon a specific domesticate or group of domesticates, e.g. millets, rice, grapes, and apples. The final chapter is a conclusion...

.... But perhaps this kind of overstatement merely adds spice to a well-crafted and intelligent study that will be of value to historians of nineteenth-century crime, of rural England, and of the politics of protest during the transition to agrarian capitalism. Brian Lewis McGill University Becoming Maya...

... assertion, "The heads and entrails of slaughtered sheep were more than a 'grim reminder' of the labourer's plight; they were also a symbol of social justice" (112). Well, possibly. But perhaps this kind of overstatement merely adds spice to a well-crafted and intelligent study that will be of value...

... by 950 ce, and in the seventeenth century, european merchant companies bought cotton cloth in india to trade for the spices they really wanted. cotton proved to be a useful trade good. it paid for slaves in Africa that labored in north America, which by the nineteenth century was supplying fiber...

...); Sophie Cox, The True History of Chocolate (London: Thames and Hudson, 1996); Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History (New York: Penguin, 2002); Jack Turner, Spice: The History of a Temptation (New York: Vintage Books, 2004); Roy Moxham, Tea: Addiction, Exploitation, and Empire (New York: Carroll...