The Bean Family: Licorice and Fenugreek
Chillis
Other Temperate-Climate Spices
A Survey of Tropical Spices
Tea and Coffee
Caffeine
Tea, Coffee, and Health
Water for Making Tea and Coffee
Tea
Coffee
Wood Smoke and Charred Wood
The Chemistry of Burning Wood
Liquid Smoke
Herbs and spices are ingredients that we use
to add flavor to foods and drinks. Herbs are
plant leaves, fresh or dried, and spices are bits
of dry seed, bark, and root. We consume them
in tiny amounts, and they have practically no
nutritional value. Yet from earliest times,
these aromatic bits have been among the most
highly prized and costly of all ingredients. In