MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02398cam a22002774a 4500
001 00034376
003 DLC
005 20050211210158.0
008 000510s2000 caua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 00034376
020 $a0520227891 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aTX406$b.D35 2000
082 00 $a641.3/383$221
100 1 $aDalby, Andrew,$d1947-
245 10 $aDangerous tastes :$bthe story of spices /$cAndrew Dalby.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c2000.
300 $a184 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aCalifornia studies in food and culture ;$v1
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface 7 -- The phoenix's nest Io -- Silphium 17 -- Exports from Paradise 20 -- Ginger 21 -- Sugar 26 -- Sandalwood 29 -- Balsam of Mecca 33 -- Cinnamon 36 -- Tejpat 41 -- Musk 46 -- The Spice Islands 49 -- Cloves 50 -- Nutmeg and mace 53 -- Cubebs 55 -- Camphor 57 -- Gum benzoin 60 -- The aromatic shore 64 -- Ambergris 65 -- Aloeswood 68 -- The cinnamon mountains 73 -- Chinese pepper 75 -- Galanga 78 -- Rhubarb and licorice 79 -- Ginseng and star anise 80 -- The land of pepper 83 -- Putchuk or costus 85 -- Spikenard 86 -- Long pepper 89 -- Black pepper 90 -- Turmeric 95 -- Red sanders 96 -- Zedoary and zerumbet oo00 -- Amomum and cardamom I02 -- The rarest of spices I07 -- Gum guggul I09 -- Asafoetida or hing IIo -- Frankincense 114 -- Myrrh I17 -- Cargoes of complacence 123 -- Coriander or cilantro 126 -- Cumin, caraway, anise, ajowan and nigella 127 -- Mustard 133 -- Poppy I34 -- Mastic 136 -- Storax 137 -- Saffron 138 -- 'I have found cinnamon!' 140 -- Uchu, rocoto and ulupica 141 -- Pink peppercorns 142 -- Coca 142 -- Chocolate I44 -- Vanilla 147 -- Chilli 148 -- Tabasco pepper and Scotch bonnet 15I -- Canella 152 -- Balsam of Peru 153 -- In quest of spicery I55 -- Source texts 159 -- Further reading 162 -- Glossary of spice names 165 -- Notes 171 -- Index 178 -- Illustration references 184.
650 0 $aSpices$xHistory.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/00034376.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/00034376.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/00034376.html