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Spice Trip

Spice Trip

The Simple Way to Make Food Exciting

Summary

Stevie Parle and Emma Grazette are on a mission to spice up Britain's kitchens and revolutionise the way we cook with the treasures hidden away in our cupboards. This book, accompanying the award-winning Channel 4 series, will show just how to bring the magic of spice into your home.

Emma and Stevie have been on a journey to all corners of the world to discover the secrets of six essential everyday spices, learning from the world's experts - the people who grow and cook with them every day. In this book they share the best recipes, therapies and mementoes from their journey.

Their recipes are inspired not just by the countries visited on this trip, but from all over the world. Some are hot, some sweet, some subtle, and they're all special, take less than twenty minutes to prepare and are really easy to cook. And as well as exploring the culinary uses of each spice, Emma also reveals their therapeutic value through the secrets she discovered from the remarkable people she met on her journey.

With over 100 thoroughly tested recipes, therapies and photography from an incredible journey, let Spice Trip transform your cooking and your life from the ordinary to the extraordinary.

Reviews

  • An attractive food travelogue...reminds us that spice deserves to be thought of better than as a bunch of jars that don't stack properly
    Guardian

About the authors

Stevie Parle

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Emma Grazette

Emma Grazette was head development chef at The Spicery in Bath, which supplies spices, blends and recipe boxes to Britain’s top restaurants and chefs including The Fat Duck, Rick Stein, Hibiscus, Ottolenghi, Moro, Atul Kochhar, Sat Bains and thousands of home cooks. She co-presented More4's travel and cookery programme Spice Trip in 2012, and now writes for various journals, develops recipes, hosts events and teaches cookery classes in Bath.
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