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Spice: The History of a Temptation AUTH-4815748 TommyknockersIn this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era from ancient times through the Renaissance when what we now consider common condiments were valued in gold and blood. Spices made sour medieval wines palatable, camouflaged the smell of corpses, and served as wedding night aphrodisiacs. Indispensible for cooking, medicine, worship, and the arts of love, they were thought to have magical properties and were so valuable that they were often