
Tasting History: Explore the Past through 4,000 Years of Recipes (A Cookbook)

The Encyclopedia of Spices and Herbs: An Essential Guide to the Flavors of the World
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You should in short order notice a spicy feeling in the back of your throat: that’s a compound called oleocanthal. Oleocanthal is a type of phenol—plant compounds that powerfully stimulate our bodies’ own repair mechanisms when we consume them (phenols are usually found linked together in the form of polyphenols).
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
more teas—saffron, lotus—which
Timothy Ferriss • Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
hot chilies, shallots, and lemon….