many people in the ancient world believed spices came from paradise. the egyptians mummified their dead with cumin, the chinese burnt cloves to commune with the spirit world, this is a clove tree. now cloves that we use in cooking are the dried flowers and some medieval europeans that come from this tree. believed nutmeg was the plant originated on some the only cure for the plague. incredibly small volcanic pepper was so valuable islands called the moluccas, it was used instead of money, and centuries ago, thousands of people and it was pepper that the romans were so mad about. lost their lives fighting over the little thing, because it was more valuable than gold. imbued with magical properties, i m in the roman ruins of baalbek, situated 50 miles sought after for medicines east of beirut in lebanon. and aphrodisiacs, with the power to build empires here in baalbek once stood the most impressive and destroy lives, temples outside of rome. this is the story of spice. they
in india, home away from home, a catholic stronghold surrounded by muslim india. like the chinese and the arabs before them, they came for india s fantastic spices: pepper, cardamom, turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon. india s keynote dish, the biryani, makes use of many of the spices which brought the portuguese to india. but many more spices are from the far ends of the spice trails. can you guess which are native to india? padma is on the case. master chef mehboob alam khan is inviting me to his home to cook his specialty: the biryani. .ginger and garlic paste. garlic and ginger. now this is a common ingredient for all most of the indian cooking. also give me some turmeric. where did you learn to make this biryani? oh, at my house, from my mother. give me the red chilies. some cinnamon stick. the lychee cardamom. and you leave the shell on? now give me some onions. these have been fried, correct? this is fried crisp, fried onions, you see? and now you see
you re watching cbs 5 eyewitness news on the cw. the mentality of these people that we re dealing with today. for the second time in a weekend, oakland police officer is shot. the police chief s message to his force, and the people of oakland. and word of new help complications tonight for giants fan, brian stowe. and for the san francisco 49ers, a little less nfc after glow as the team gets down to business and the baltimore ravens. good evening, i m ken bastida. the police chief wants everyone to listen up. he is not mincing his words after another officer was shot in east oakland. the second this week. cbs 5 reporter is at the scene. juliette. reporter: ken, the police chief taking a tough stance tonight. police were out here around 5:45 this evening. they were investigating this hit-and-run car crash that you can see. then they heard gun shots a block away. they ran to the scene. police say the gunman saw them in uniform and started firing shots directly at them.
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strangely. no one was injured. the deputy is an eight-year veteran. he was placed on administrative leave. a five-alarm fire destroyed a popular comedy club in fairfield. check out those flames. that roof collapsed as the fire tore through the original pepper belly comedy club last night. 25 engines from around solano county responded to the fire. crews say it may have started inside the building. they are still trying to determine what exactly started it. san mateo county is holding a gun buyback today at the fairgrounds on delaware street. the county will offer $100 for handguns, shotguns and rifles. turning in an assault rifle would earn you up to $200. in recent months, san francisco, oakland and some other bay area cities have held gun buyback programs, with overwhelming response. the san francisco giants fan who suffered brain damage after a beating attack is back in the hospital. bryan stow s family says he is now getting treatment for a large blood clot. his fam