When you sit down to Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, will you think about the history of the spices that give your meal that specific and very traditional flavor? Where did the spices originate and how did the spice-trade begin? We’ll explore the tumultuous history of flavor this hour with Michael Krondl, author of “The Taste of Conquest: The Rise and Fall of Three Great Cities of Spice” (Ballantine Books, 2007).
