How do spices get their flavor?
These ingredients come from many different plants and distinct plant parts, including leaves, seeds, bark and plant oils.
- These ingredients come from many different plants and distinct plant parts, including leaves, seeds, bark and plant oils.
- In my recent book, “Lessons from Plants,” I explore how plants use some of those compounds to communicate with one another.
- Other common spices, such as pepper and red chili, come from the berries or fruits of plants.
- Saffron is one of the most expensive spices, because harvesting stigmas is very labor-intensive – it’s typically done by hand with tweezers.