Taste the World! Salt and Pepper

Do you season your foods with salt and pepper? Have you ever wondered where these spices came from or who first ate them? This book will take you on an adventure around the world to learn about the history, culture, and science behind the world's most popular spices salt and pepper. Readers will learn about salt's origins in ancient China and pepper's role in the global spice trade. They'll travel around the map to taste famous dishes featuring the spices, including olives in the Mediterranean, soft pretzels in Germany, cacao e pepe in Italy! Readers are invited to try global dishes with recipes throughout the book. For more content on our favorite foods, check out other titles in the Taste the World! series.