Delicious Story. The Journey of Fruits and Spices

Today we eat fruit and season food with spices, without thinking about how they were on our desk.
Tea, coffee or cocoa have long ceased to be asking for us with exotic drinks - and once the empire collapsed because of them!
Secret expeditions of secret agents, racing on high-speed vessels, the incredible wealth of trading companies, ruthless operation and extermination of entire peoples - all this is just a small part of the "delicious story"!
Imagine, ordinary black pepper was once appreciated in Europe by weight of gold, so that in the pursuit of him the navigaters smashed the world map - opened new continents and new trading paths from Europe to Asia.
What could you buy on chocolate money in the empire of the Aztecs, for which tricks I had to go to feed Europe to the potato, why until the end of the XIX century bananas remained a delicacy for the rich?
About this and many other adventures of acquaintances, you will read in this book. The illustrations in each chapter show what a tea tree looks like, cocoa beans or vanilla flower, and the gourmet dictionary at the end of the book will help to describe your feelings from bitter, sweet, acidic and salty dishes.
for middle school age