NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – Indian American author Amitav Ghosh’s recent book is, ‘The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis.’ In it, he acquaints readers with Banda islands, a ...

It is covered by a delicate, reddish-orange, weblike mace, which is also used as a spice. The nutmeg tree is indigenous to the Banda Islands of Indonesia, although it is now also grown in other ...

Native to the Banda Islands in present-day Indonesia, nutmeg (along with cloves and mace) was highly sought after in Europe, not just as a seasoning but also for its supposed medicinal properties.

This concert on Banda Neira, 2,000km east of Java, is one of many memorable highlights of my seven-day Spice Islands and Coral Triangle cruise with Aqua Expeditions.

Native to the Banda Islands, aka the Spice Islands, in Indonesia, it’s the only tree that grows two spices: nutmeg and mace. While nutmeg and mace are sometimes used interchangeably, they’re ...

Native to the Banda Islands, aka the Spice Islands, in Indonesia, it’s the only tree that grows two spices: nutmeg and mace. While nutmeg and mace are sometimes used interchangeably, they’re ...

From the pantry to the world: a journey of discovery of nutmeg! This little wonder, from the Banda Islands, is much more than ...

BANDA ISLANDS, Indonesia – Some 350 years ago, two colonial masters came together to haggle over real estate and put an end to repeated sieges on each other’s settlements. One group decided ...

Nutmeg trees are found on the Banda Islands, part of the Maluku archipelago (or the Moluccas) in Indonesia. Food historian Tasha Marks tells Inverse that nutmeg has a particularly dark past.

It is one of 11 small isles that make up the Banda Islands, formerly the only place where nutmeg grew. To the north lie the larger Maluku Islands, famous for cloves.