Sugar and Everything Nice
    In the sixteenth century, sugar was considered a spice and its use was sometimes excessive in the pursuit of the good life among the rich...

The Profits of the Pepper Trade
    The profits of the pepper trade were enormous, and there were several attempts to corner the market...

Rethinking the History of Spices
    Frankincense and myrrh, incense and cinnabar, cinnamon and cassia, and all the spices we associate with long ago times, have traditionally been thought of as arriving in the Mediterranean from the East...

Introduction of Sugar to Sicily
The Arabs had introduced sugar to Sicily by the tenth century and established sugar mills...