Known as the ""King"" of spices, black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) and the ""Queen"" of spices, cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum M.), both perennial crops of the tropics, are the most important and most widely sought after spice crops of the world. They both have many uses, for examp…
Known as the "King" of spices, black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) and the "Queen" of spices, cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum M.), both perennial crops of the tropics, are the most important and most widely sought after spice crops of the world. They both have many uses, for example, …
"Salt is indispensable. Pepper is superfluous. Michelle Anna Jordan guides you through this cookbook where saltandpepper is a one-word dictionary term in her kitchen vocabulary. You'll learn all there is to know about salt and pepper, even so far as to where and how they grow. T…
This volume includes chapters on all aspects of the crops' botany; crop improvement, agronomy, chemistry, post-harvest technology, processing, diseases, insect pests, marketing, economy and uses.
A comprehensive review of all that is known about this crop. Serving as both a textbook and reference volume, it will be the major reference source for all pepper workers for some time to come.
This book considers all aspects of black pepper from its growth, as a flowering vine, to how the dried fruit (peppercorn) is used as a spice and traded as a commodity. It is the economic mainstay of several India states and, principally, in Kerala State, with the Indian subconti…