In this article, I am focusing on the cultivated onion – Allium cepa. Allium sibiricum and Allium validum were two prominent wild species in North America. In trade, there are three popular varieties of onions. They are classified by their color like yellow,...
Cuminum cyminum, or cumin, is an annual herb of the parsley family. It rarely grows higher than one meter and bears flowers in umbels. It is native to India, the Mediterranean, Europe, Iran, and regions of Asia and Africa. It is an introduced species in Mexico, Latin...
The spice trade spanned all five major civilizations from the 4th to the 1st millennium BC the Indus Valley Civilization in India, the Sumerians in modern Iraq, the Egyptians, the Greeks on the isle of Crete, and the Chinese in the land north of the Himalayas. The use...
