Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice - Hardcover

Marjorie Shaffer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312569890 ISBN 13: 9780312569891

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2013

Synopsis

Pepper From the abundance of wildlife on the islands of the Indian Ocean, which the Europeans used as stepping stones to India and the East Indies, to colourful accounts of the sultan of Banda Aceh entertaining his European visitors with banquets and elephant fights, this book reveals the often surprising story behind one of mankind's most common spices. Full description

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"This is more than the story of a spice...Get ready for a sweeping ride through history."
--David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Polio: An American Story" "After reading Marjorie Shaffer's Pepper, you'll reconsider the significance of that grinder or shaker on your dining room table."
--Mark Pendergrast, author of "Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World" "Pepper was once as critical a commodity as oil. Marjorie Shaffer weaves a delightful history of the Indian Ocean and the South Seas."
--Robert D. Kaplan, author of "Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
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This is more than the story of a spice Get ready for a sweeping ride through history. "David Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Polio: An American Story"

After reading Marjorie Shaffer's Pepper, you'll reconsider the significance of that grinder or shaker on your dining room table. "Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World"

Pepper was once as critical a commodity as oil. Marjorie Shaffer weaves a delightful history of the Indian Ocean and the South Seas. "Robert D. Kaplan, author of Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power""

About the Author:

MARJORIE SHAFFER has written for The New York Times, The Financial Times, and Popular Science magazine. She was a business reporter for Reuters and a former Knight science journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A graduate of Brown University, she received a Master of Science degree in biology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is currently a science writer and editor at New York University School of Medicine. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0312569890
• ISBN 13: 9780312569891
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288