Tag: Sichuan pepper
Peppers Beyond the Piper nigrum Family
In the culinary world, many spices bear the name “pepper”—borrowed from black pepper (Piper nigrum)—despite having no botanical relation to it. This naming is often the result of historical marketing ploys or attempts to find cheaper substitutes for the once-precious “black gold”. Allspice: The Spice That Replaces Them All Originally introduced in Europe as Jamaican…
