WNHHS March Zoom Meeting – Laura Tilghman – Tales From The Spice Rack
Mon, Mar 08
|Online Zoom Event
With a focus on Vanilla and Cloves, Plymouth State College Associate Professor of Anthropology Laura Tilghman will help us appreciate the people and places behind the global products we buy and consume every day. Click RSVP for a Reminder.
Time & Location
Mar 08, 2027, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Online Zoom Event
About the Event
This event is Free and Open to the Public!
Tales From The Spice Rack: exploring people and places behind the ingredients that flavor our food
With Associate Professor Laura Tilghman
***This program is sponsored by the Washington NH Historical Society***
The spice trade conjures up images of traveling tent caravans or heavy-laden ships from the Age of Exploration. But what you may not know is that many of the flavoring ingredients we use in baking and cooking today are grown and traded in ways that echo those ancient roots before ending up in our spice rack. In this presentation we will explore two spices: cloves (the aromatic flower buds of Syzygium aromaticum Myrtle trees) and vanilla (the cured pods of the Vanilla planifolia orchid). Madagascar grows and exports a major proportion of the global supply of both spices. The stories of vanilla and cloves show…