PEPPER

Abstract

Pepper is the king of the half‐dozen or so true spices — the ‘aromatic substances of tropical vegetable origin, that make dumb dishes eloquent’ — on which the fortunes of whole nations have been built. It is still the one single spice in greatest demand and the recent local shortages of pepper have merely reflected a trend of the demand for this unique substance exceeding world supply, which is part of its long history.

Citation

Gunston, D. (1978), "PEPPER", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 78 No. 5, pp. 10-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058721