SECRET OF SPICES
Type: Non-fiction
Audience: Children (8-12 years-old)
Available languages: English and Thai
Publishers: UNESCO and Sarakadee Publishing (Viriyah Business Co., Ltd.)
Over the centuries, people have discovered the secrets of the tropical plants that we now know as “spices”. They flavor food, cure illnesses, color lives and honor gods and ancestors. Have you heard about the “spice trade”? Do you know that Southeast Asia was the centre of spice production and trade? Do you know that some spices were more valuable than gold? Let’s find out about their secrets! It is amazing that people traveled across the world to acquire them and how they influenced the history, ideas and relationships between people in Southeast Asia and the world.nt in many cultural traditions. Let’s discover the world of this fascinating plant.