| Authors: |
Pilot Film and Television Productions
Bridges, Victoria.
Parker, Merrilees.
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| Material type: |
DVD-Video |
| Subject: |
Cooking (Spices)
Spices.
Spice trade.
Documentary films.
Travelogues (Television programs)
Nonfiction television programs.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
[London] : Pilot Productions, c2011. |
| Description: |
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
1932702806 9781932702804 |
| Notes: |
"From the producers of Globe Trekker"--Container. |
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Host, Merrilees Parker; additional presenters, Padma Lakshmi, Tyler Florence, Peter Gordon. |
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DVD, NTSC all regions; Dolby Digital. |
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English dialgoue. |
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Editor, Steve Stevenson. |
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| Summary: |
Although spices might have some medicinal properties, there is little nutrition in them, but their mysticism has affected the world throughout history. In this remarkable journey, Planet Food traverses the entire world and over five millennia, seeing how the battle for control of the spice trade made great cities and destroyed ancient civilizations cooks and tastes a variety of signature dishes including Cantonese shark fin soup, paper wrapped baked chicken, chili crab and more. |