AROUND THE WORLD IN SEVEN SPICES

Few ingredients connect the world quite like spices. Whereas once ancient traders traversed vast distances to move these seeds, fruits, roots and barks from one part of the world to another, today their distinct flavours and aromas transport us beyond borders, to places we once visited, countries we’re aching to see or simply to the regions that are home to our favourite dishes. We’ve picked seven spices to take us around the globe: vanilla, paprika, allspice, green cardamom, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper and saffron