{"product_id":"pepper-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-influential-spice-9780312569891","title":"Pepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePepper: A History of the World's Most Influential Spice\u003c\/strong\u003e by Shaffer, Marjorie. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780312569891.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with anecdotes and fascinating information, \"a spicy read indeed.\" (Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed the World)\nThe perfect companion to Mark Kurlanskys Salt: A World History, Pepper illuminates the rich history of pepper for a popular audience. Vivid and entertaining, it describes the part pepper played in bringing the Europeans, and later the Americans, to Asia and details the fascinating encounters they had there. As Mark Pendergrast, author of Uncommon Grounds, said, \"After reading Marjorie Shaffers Pepper, youll reconsider the significance of that grinder or shaker on your dining room table. The pursuit of this wizened berry with the bite changed history in ways youve never dreamed, involving extraordinary voyages, international trade, exotic locales, exploitation, brutality, disease, extinctions, and rebellions, and featuring a set of remarkable characters.\"\nFrom 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 colorful accounts of the sultan of Banda Aceh entertaining his European visitors with great banquets and elephant fights, this fascinating book reveals the often surprising story behind one of mankinds most common spices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thomas Dunne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44901351882805,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312569890","price":228.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_0312569890_94f624bd-f4fb-45f1-b22c-b50a33ca3570.jpg?v=1781359046","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/pepper-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-influential-spice-9780312569891","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}