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Title: A page-turner
Review: This is a marvellous book. Two parts cultural history, one part travelogue, and one part culinary guide -- stirred together gently. This is a very engaging chronicle of the history of spices, and the mercantile system that brought them to all corners of the world. The book is witty and informative. Turner does for spices what Mark Kurlanksy did for cod and salt.
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