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Thomas DuBois's avatar

Very interesting! Long pepper (荜拔) was also used in China but fell out of fashion at about the same time as in Europe.

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Sam Bilton's avatar

How interesting! It's a shame as it really is a lovely spice.

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Mark Diacono's avatar

I shall listen to this in instalments across the day for little breaks - I love long pepper, and Christine's book is one of my favourites

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Sam Bilton's avatar

Thank you Mark

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