Author

Publication

2001-05-11 - Beacon Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,250 words, Guess

Page Count

225 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 5 more
  • LibraryThing211508
  • Library of Congress Control Number00012039
  • OCLC Control Number45243176
  • Better World Books9780807050088
  • Open LibraryOL7944855M

Classifications

  • LCCTX819.S24 W55 2001
  • LCCTX819.S24W55 2001

Description

Saffron is evocative enough to elicit the most sensuous descriptions. Over thousands of years it has perfumed the halls of Crete's palaces, made Cleopatra more alluring and drive crusaders and German peasants to their deaths. While many once foreign spices like cinnamon, mace and ginger no longer spur adventurers to the ends of the earth, saffrom remains tantalizingly exotic. Resistant to modern technology, the fragile blossoms must still be gathered by hand from the ancient fields of Iran, Greece, Italy, southern France and Spain. Secrets of Saffron is the story of this extravagant rover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Secrets of Saffron: The Vagabond Life of the World's Most Seductive SpiceHardcoverBeacon Press2001-05-11

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