“It just happens that the main spices in pumpkin spice are fraught with colonizer histories.” While the Banda Islands grew nutmeg, Amboina — a set of nearby islands also in Indonesia — was ...

Nutmeg, native only to the tiny Banda Islands, caused wars between European powers and led to the Dutch trading Manhattan to the British in exchange for control of these spice-producing islands.

Nutmeg is a spice derived from the genus Myristica plant native to both Africa and Eastern Indonesia. Myristica fragrans (fragrant nutmeg) comes from the Indonesian Banda Islands, also known as ...

This little wonder, from the Banda Islands, is much more than just a spice. Its unmistakable aroma and beneficial properties ...

Nutmegs are brown and oval-shaped, and you can grind or grate them to obtain nutmeg spice. Nutmeg trees are found on the Banda Islands, part of the Maluku archipelago (or the Moluccas) in Indonesia.

She is based in Birmingham, Alabama. Mace is a warming spice derived from Myristica fragrans, an evergreen known as the nutmeg tree. Native to the Banda Islands, aka the Spice Islands, in ...

Collectively, the two island groups were known to European colonizers as the Spice Islands. Map locates the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. It also locates Pulau Rhan, an island in the Banda ...