Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid by Tim Ecott

Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid

Tim Ecott

304 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced
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From Papantla in Mexico—"the city that perfumed the world"—to the Indian Ocean islands, Vanilla traces the story of the vanilla plant and its secretive trade. From the golden cups of Aztec emperors to the ice-cream dishes of U.S. presidents, vanil...

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