It has seduced kings and comforted millions. Part culinary history, part cultural commentary, Vanilla tells the remarkable story of the world's most popular flavor and scent.
The Spanish considered vanilla the ultimate aphrodisiac, the Totonac Indians called it the fruit of the gods, and the Aztecs taxed the Mayans in vanilla beans, using the beans as currency. Today, vanilla is in our coffee, our perfume, tea, home products, body lotion, and just about anything imaginable.
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Vanilla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main species harvested for vanilla is Vanilla planifolia. Although it is native to Mexico, it is now widely grown throughout the tropics. Indonesia and Madagascar ...
The Food Timeline--history notes: muffins to yogurt
Crumpets & scones The first use of any food often predates the first occurance of printed evidence by many years. To further complicate matters, variant spellings ...
Watkins Vanilla: History of Vanilla and World Vanilla ...
Vanilla History started in Mexico and was brought back to Spain by Cortez in 1528. Vanilla and Cacao beans were introduced to Cortez in Mexico in 1520 in a drink ...
Flavor & Fragrance Links II
*****FEATURED NEWS***** Flavor-Base - 10th Edition Here NEW - A new version to the world's most extensive database on flavoring ...
Pandan Leaf - Vanilla of the East - Pandan leaves - Oyster ...
Where Might You Find Them. Pandan leaves are incredibly versatile and are used to wrap chicken, meat, fish, before they are grilled, roasted or steamed (just like ...
Joop! Homme Joop! cologne - a fragrance for men 1989
Joop! Homme is a very sensual, oriental fragrance with fresh citrus topnotes of mandarin, lemon, bergamot and orange blossom. The floral heart is very warm and balmy ...
Is Vanilla Ice Cream Too Vanilla? - The Sporkful
This week's episode of The Sporkful podcast is up! Listen through the player or iTunes/Podcasts app. (And please subscribe!) “You can learn a lot of important ...
The Food Timeline: cake history notes
Beet cake (aka Chocolate beet cake) A few weeks ago we published our notes on Red Devils Food Cake (what makes it red) and a reader responded "the beets!"
Tabu Dana perfume - a fragrance for women 1932
I finally decided to take the plunge on this. Even when I was a little kid, my nose thought Tabu was unisex. It sure didn't smell like the other perfumes my mom had ...
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