Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid

by Tim Ecott

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The locations read like the contents of an exotic holiday brochure: Tahiti, Madagascar, Reunion, Seychelles and the Gulf Coast of Mexico - all of them inextricably linked with the story of Vanilla - the world's most versatile flavour.



Vanilla is a botanical mystery - a uniquely sensual plant who's secret was unlocked by a 12 year African slave in 1841. Aristocrats, apothecaries and modern day tycoons have all chased 'The Luscious Substance' - and the wealth it brings.



Endangered in the wild, Vanilla is now more valuable than at any time...Read more
  • ISBN10 0802117759
  • ISBN13 9780802117755
  • Publish Date 8 June 2004 (first published 27 May 2004)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 278
  • Language English