Darwinian Gastronomy: Why We Use Spices

Paul W. Sherman; Jennifer Billing

doi:10.2307/1313553

journal article Jun 01, 1999

Darwinian Gastronomy: Why We Use Spices

Paul W. Sherman Jennifer Billing

BioScience Vol. 49 No. 6 pp. 453-463 · Oxford University Press (OUP)

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