Nutmeg: The World's Most Violent Spice

Postcards From Nowhere with Utsav Mamoria

Why is the spice Nutmeg being mentioned in India's foremost treatise on military strategy? Why is it mentioned in a tri-fold collection of Sanskrit poetry about politics, erotic passion and renunciation? And what does it all have to do with the tiny cluster of islands in the southeastern Indian ocean, part of modern day Indonesia? This week, in the third episode of Fabulous Foods, we trace the journey of two tireless travellers, Nutmeg and Mace, and how they went on to become mainstays in global cuisines. Tune in, and discover the fundamental differences between the use of nutmeg in the east and the west, and what lessons do they hold for a world recovering from the pandemic.

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