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× * Music * Culture * Food * Style * Sports * About Us * DMCA Policy * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION * Music * Culture * Food * Style * Sports Lionel Messi's First Week at PSG What's next for the soccer legend? The Rise of Hyperpop True 21st-century music. Norway's Doomsday Seed Vault The most important room in the world. Montreal's Hidden Gems A truly magical city. * About Us * DMCA Policy * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION * Music * Culture * Food * Style * Sports Remi Gaillard Has Once Again Graced Us With His Presence He's back at it again. The Incredible Holi Festival So colorful. Michael Jordan's Sensational 'Flu' Game Decades later, fans are no closer to the truth. 3 Times People Absolutely Rocked the Afro It's making a comeback! * About Us * DMCA Policy * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION * Music * Culture * Food * Style * Sports Inspiring Street Art Powerful messages shared through beauty. Revisiting New Order One of the all time greats! The Discovery of Antarctica The mythical continent. Nike Reveals Tokyo Olympics Collection Olympic sportswear at its finest. * About Us * DMCA Policy * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION 17 Aug Upcoming 2021 Music FestivalsClaire Miles 15 Aug Norway's Doomsday Seed VaultLaura Lee 13 Aug Lionel Messi's First Week at PSGKeith Donnelly 11 Aug The Rise of HyperpopJames Stanton 09 Aug Remi Gaillard Has Once Again Graced Us With His PresenceJames Stanton 07 Aug Michael Jordan's Sensational 'Flu' GameKeith Donnelly 05 Aug 3 Times People Absolutely Rocked the AfroKeith Donnelly 03 Aug Nike Reveals Tokyo Olympics CollectionKeith Donnelly 01 Aug The Discovery of AntarcticaRebecca Rodriguez 30 Jul Revisiting New OrderKeith Donnelly TOP STORIES What's Next For KSI? What's Next For KSI? Laura Lee Jul, 28 The Tokyo Olympics Are Finally Under Way The Tokyo Olympics Are Finally Under Way Rebecca Rodriguez Jul, 25 Inside Cate Le Bon Inside Cate Le Bon Claire Miles Jul, 22 Picture Perfect Flowery Views Around the World Picture Perfect Flowery Views Around the World Rebecca Rodriguez Jul, 20 On This Day: The Great Fire of Rome On This Day: The Great Fire of Rome Rebecca Rodriguez Jul, 18 Japan's Surreal Festivals Japan's Surreal Festivals Keith Donnelly Jul, 16 The Legacy of Bastille Day The Legacy of Bastille Day Keith Donnelly Jul, 14 Italy Has Won the Euro 2020 Championship! Italy Has Won the Euro 2020 Championship! Claire Miles Jul, 12 Three Breathtaking Off the Beaten Path Destinations in Italy Three Breathtaking Off the Beaten Path Destinations in Italy Keith Donnelly Jul, 10 Bob Dylan's Enigmatic Car Crash Bob Dylan's Enigmatic Car Crash Claire Miles Jul, 08 My mother dandled me and sang, 'How young it is, how young!' And made a golden cradle That on a willow swung. 'He went away,' my mother sang, 'When I was brought to bed,' And all the while her needle pulled The gold and silver thread. She pulled the thread and bit the thread And made a golden gown, And wept because she had dreamt that I Was born to wear a crown. 'When she was got,' my mother sang, I heard a sea-mew cry, And saw a flake of the yellow foam That dropped upon my thigh.' How therefore could she help but braid The gold into my hair, And dream that I should carry The golden top of care? -William Butler Yeats The Early Modern Period was in many ways an age of discovery. Not only was a new, gigantic landmass found along with its native inhabitants, but scientific discourse was also growing rapidly, with new reality-turning discoveries made day after day. Yet one of the chief, often less talked about changes actually took place in the culinary world. Specifically, that of spices. Spices hailing from Asia had been slowly but surely making their way across Europe and infusing themselves into the local cuisine, and spices of an entirely different kind were discovered in the Americas. This was huge on a commercial level, given that the spice trade was incredibly lucrative even then, but also on a personal, sensual, and cultural level: The new spices and ingredients completely changed not only European culinary habits but also had a role to play in the upbringing of modern society as we know it. “The powers of a man's mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks.” ― Sir James Mackintosh "The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness. And in the taste destroys the appetite." ― William Shakespeare Spices of the New World It was as early as the late middle ages when spices became a form of ecstatic delight. It was often true that the higher your standing in society, the more spices you would integrate into your lifestyle. Standard dishes would be drowned in an exotic array of spices, pretty much blocking out any semblance of the thing the spices were peppered upon (a practice bearing an interesting resemblance to the use of edible gold in modern culinary luxuries). Sometimes, the spices would outgrow the need for a culinary vehicle: Guests would pass around a gold or silver tray bearing small, neatly separated hills of cinnamon, pepper, and nutmeg much like a watercolor palette. Back then, spices weren't only a way to enliven a dish, but an exhilarating delight rich with cultural, ritual, and symbolic meaning. They were, in a way, a method of purification, an effort to saturate the human body with lavish earthly satisfactions, as if to draw a line in the sand between regular, poor folk and the revered aristocracy, as if they were trying to become spice cyborgs. Europe was bursting in feverish intoxication. Demand for spices skyrocketed, while the technology required for the transportation of spices from the Orient (which, in this case, meant the Arab world) had come to a grinding halt. Political upheavals had also resulted in changing of the hands of authority in the areas which were heavily involved in the spice trade. The new rulers imposed exorbitant tariffs. All these factors lead to a sort of spice crisis, the price of pepper coming from India to Venice rose approximately thirtyfold. To circumvent this staggering price leap, Europeans began to imagine new forms of trade routes to India. Those who could establish a stable, cost-effective way to import spices could potentially bring forth an age of unprecedented wealth and prosperity. This is what partially motivated the Spanish empire to endorse Christopher Colombus' outlandish journey to the "Indies". In this very sense, the driving force for the great exploration of the Earth was a hunger for pepper. One can very much liken this hunger to an addiction, a craving that had to be fulfilled by any means necessary, one that bridged the gap between the medieval and modern eras. And while Colombus certainly didn't reach India, he did, however, stumble upon a rich plethora of new spices such as chocolate, vanilla, and allspice. And as settlements in the New World became more established, so did their eating practices. As a peripheral branch of the British Empire, American settlements - far away from their command center, slipping in and out of reach of central, British authority - often acted as a laboratory of sorts, a place to conjure and mess with the most intoxicating and exotic substances and ideas of the time. The very nature of society changed as a result. Coffee, spreading alertness through the veins, had realized the Protestant ideal of a rational, productive psyche, destabilizing the natural rhythm of work; tobacco, on the other hand, counteracted the nervous temperament of coffee lovers by instilling an immediate calmness. The new stimulants and substances of the modern era, set in motion by the discovery of the New World, had changed the essential core of humanity, which, since then, has only become more entangled in the extrinsic realm of material supplements. REALITY IS RELATIVE The Cannes Film Festival Is Back, Baby! Guess who's back? Claire Miles 06 July England's Outstanding Performance in the UEFA European Championship Is it coming home? Keith Donnelly 04 July Impeccable 4th of July Side Dishes Happy Independence Day! Keith Donnelly 02 July New Balance Has Launched its Most Ambitious Retro Project Yet Let's take a trip down sneaker memory lane. James Stanton 30 June The Infamous Bite Fight The most infamous match in boxing history. Keith Donnelly 28 June The Night That Demolished Disco Disco fever just got fatal. Rebecca Rodriguez 26 June Commonly Held Food Myths Myths were made for busting. James Stanton 24 June What's the Deal With Superheroes and Underwear? It's about time somebody settled this once and for all. Keith Donnelly 22 June So, What Is Umami? The enigmatic fifth taste. Rebecca Rodriguez 20 June Flowers: Nature's Exquisite Fragrance Why do they smell so nice? Keith Donnelly 18 June Some of the Most Bizarre Restaurants in the World Dinner is served. Keith Donnelly 16 June Bo Burnham's Is Back With a New Comedy Special Look who's inside again. Claire Miles 14 June * About Us * DMCA Policy * Privacy Policy * Terms of Service * DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION Awin © 2018 The Imperfective. All Rights Reserved. TMT Live Preview geoedge-origin-div gesource geparentscriptid getagid bidswitch.net%2Fpreview riskiq