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Planet Food: Spice Trails (2012)

Directed by Kate Kinninmont, Navin Thapar, Victoria Bridges

History | Documentary

Overview

In this remarkable journey, Planet Food travels the world to see how control of the spice trails, over the last five millennia, has made great cities and destroyed ancient civilizations. Our guides travel from the Molucca Islands of Indonesia, the original home of cloves and nutmeg, to the Indian province of Kerala, with its native pepper and cardamom. Additional stops include Venice, Beirut, Cairo and other significant places in the spice trade that created and toppled empires.

Length 52 minutes

Actors

Padma Lakshmi | Tyler Florence | Merrilees Parker

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
07/21/2019TVDVDLibrary7.5 stars
07/19/2019TVDVDLibrary7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Yeah this is a really good one. Love the history tied into the food of all the different locales. Plus Padma Lakshmi?! I’m guessing this was before she blew up.

This is the type of class they should’ve had in HS.

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