ABSTRACT
For people throughout the world, spices stimulate the appetite, add flavor and texture to food, and create visual appeal in meals. Called rempah (Malaysian/Indonesian), beharat (Arabic), besamim (Hebrew), epices (French), kruen tet (Thai), masala (Hindi), specie (Italian), especerias (Spanish), sheng liu (Mandarin), specerjien (Dutch), krooder (Norwegian), or kimem (Ethiopian), spices have been savored and sought around the world from the earliest times because of their diverse functions.
