Murdoch Books The Nutmeg Trail: A culinary journey along the ancient spice routes

What an amazing book. Spice detective work and historical facts that simply blew my mind. I cannot wait for this to be released so that i can purchase copies for myself and my friends. Highly recommend this book.The recipes are so well researched but anyone can produce recipes, to me this is a book full of little known facts that introduce many new spices that I cannot wait to see if I can purchase to try them.As i write this review i have ow purched copies for a few of my friends who have already said how amazing it is.

I love cooking with spice but this book was a revelation! It tells you so much about spices and their origins, as well as their uses and contributions to dishes. We have had so many good dishes from this book, the recipes are characterised by simple process but great depth of flavour. I also like the suggestions on recipes for accompaniments and complimentary sides. The rewards of the recipes outweigh the effort needed in my experience. I don't think I have ever cooked so many dishes from a single recipe book so I have just taken delivery of Eleanor's first book Fire Island, it looks just as exciting!

I bought this book in hardback, it is much more than a recipe book and really does take you on a culinary journey. I have a broken arm which means it's difficult to cook at the moment and difficult to read a heavy book. No problem in the first instance - DH who until now was an occasional cook, has used several of the recipes and they have ALL been successful. No problem in the second instance, I love this book so much that I have also bought it in kindle format.I highly recommend this book (could you tell?)

A wonderful book for all those who love spices and are curious to know just about everything about them. Beautifully illustrated with lots of tempting recipes this is the book I have waited a lifetime for. Just fabulous in every way.

I have hundreds of recipe books and honestly this is my favourite ever. I am an experienced cook with almost 50 years experience. I must say this is an absolutely excellent book. If you like experimenting and using many spices, herbs, homemade marinades, rubs and a wonderful selection of ingredients. If it was possible to submit more *s I would say 10 *