[Sca-cooks] History of Spices?

[Sharon Palmer]

>My go-to resource for history and identification of spices is A Historical
>Dictionary of Indian Food by KT Achaya, but it was published in 1998. Any
>newer sources for spice and herb identification and history out there?
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>Madhavi
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>Trimaris

I have found Gernot Katzer's Spice pages useful, especially when 
trying to find various names for a particular spice, and how various 
names are related.  (It has moved recently, if you have an old 
bookmark, you may want to update it).

http://gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com/engl

Sharon