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A Scientifically Superior Christmas Dinner

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The Romans and Greeks first added spices to spare wine. Food historians have decent recipes going back to medieval times. But which of these spices should I use? What quantity? And why has evolution made them all smell so great? All questions for a plant expert from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Q.

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