The spices you add to dishes for extra zing are are actually chemical weapons that plants deploy as a means to discourage animals like us from eating them. This trippy video from Mind of a Chef explains that we love spices because we’ve learned to game the system and transform them through traditional cooking. While we know plenty of flavor combinations that taste delicious, we still have no idea what draws us to particular spices over others.
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