Exotic scents and flavours to dream away

We all eat out of a somewhat animalistic need. One of the ways that we Homo sapiens differ from other mammals, is that we want to make our food tasty. We make it less bland with salt. We add taste with pepper and other spices. And we started experimenting which combinations of spices work well for us. This is how blends of spices were created, often at junctions of traditional and ancient trade routes. Perhaps initially to mask the state meat or fish had, that aside, but blends are seen as powerful seasonings with a tradition that is often many centuries old. We continue that tradition with our own blends and those from renowned houses abroad.