As you reach into your cupboard for cinnamon, clove, allspice, nutmeg, ginger or black pepper this holiday season you might stop for a moment. Ponder the adventurers, wars, intrigues, the
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By far the buzziest food trend of the past two decades is acing the farm-to-table test. You know exactly what you eat. The diet of your grass-fed beef, the labor that toiled over your coffee and chocolate, the names of the farmers who shuttled your bell peppers to the market every Saturday morning all of it becomes essential information, a social responsibility, a marker of your health and wellness (and, of course, socioeconomic status). Preservatives are, apparently, out. “Ugly produce” is in. Sure, you might know about the chicken that laid your eggs and the pig that became your bacon. But when’s the last time you gave a second glance to the bottles on your spice rack?