French Quarter Spice Boutique Offers Exotic Dried Herbs, Spices, Salts, Seasoning Blends and Teas
New Orleans, LA – There’s something less than exotic about those bland, plastic spice bottles you find on today’s grocery store shelves.
But once upon a time, dried herbs, roasted seeds, crushed roots and harvested salts were worth more than gold. They launched fortunes, spurred trade routes, sparked wars and kindled love affairs. (For a fascinating exploration of the subject, read “Salt: A World History,” by Mark Kurlansky.)
A touch of that old romance can be found in the modern-day wares of the Spice and Tea Exchange, an 1,100-square-foot French Quarter outpost of a small Florida-based chain of seasoning sellers.