1st Edition

CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices

Edited By James A. Duke Copyright 2002
360 Pages
by CRC Press

360 Pages 51 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

360 Pages
by CRC Press

"Let food be your medicine, medicine your food." -Hippocrates, 2400 B.C. When the "Father of Medicine" uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming, preserving food, and masking bad odors as they were for more mundane culinary matters. Author James A. Duke predicts that spices such as capsicum, cinnamon, garlic, ginger, onion, and turmeric will assume relatively... Read more
Alphabetical listing of spices by Latin names.

Biography

James A. Duke