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Spice Geopolitics: How Black Pepper and Cinnamon Drew the World Map
Open your kitchen pantry. Past the olive oil and baking soda sits a pair of ordinary jars: black peppercorns in a clear grinder and a tin of ground cinnamon. They are the white noise of culinary life. You crack black pepper over a fried egg without a second thought; you shake cinnamon onto oatmeal on…
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