If you’ve ever wondered how your kitchen cabinet became a treasure trove of global flavors, you need to look back thousands ...

The story was most likely invented to ward off curious competitors from attempting to seek out the source of the spice. For many years, the ancient Greeks ... economies from India to Europe.

They remain a small but important presence in Kochi, a trading hub on the Kerala coast since ancient ... for spices used in seasoning and preservation in the West spurred trade with India for ...

Beginning in Kerala, Michael Wood journeys on an old wooden sailing boat plying its trade from South India to the Gulf, and tells how the spice trade ... train to the great ancient capital of ...

In the historic neighbourhood of Fort Kochi, for example, close to an ancient banyan tree, is India’s oldest church ... culture and role in global trade. One of the city’s most recognisable ...

If you make prawns, using this very precise and methodical recipe, it is sure to turn out like it came all the way from ...

5/5 Neil MacGregor uses a silver pepper pot to tell of the Roman spice trade with India.

As the epicenter of the subcontinent’s renowned spice trade, the town attracted ... be traced back to antiquity when ancient traders of western Asia and India placed importance on preserving ...