Spices and Tuscany: from “speziali” to appetizer

SPICES HAVE HAD GREAT POPULARITY IN ITALY SINCE ANCIENT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN TUSCANY, WHERE THE POLYHEDRIC FIGURES OF THE “SPEZIALI” WERE BORN. Medieval Italy was literally overwhelmed by the massive arrival of spices, imported from East due to the frequent trade and cultural exchanges of that time. The figure of the speziali (namely apothecaries) was […]