spice
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№ 397TreesSichuan Pepper: The Spice That Makes Your Lips Buzz
A thorny citrus-family tree whose dried berry husks are not hot but tingling — producing the electric, lip-numbing buzz at the heart of Sichuan cooking, a genuine and measurable effect on the nerves.
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№ 425TreesStar Anise: The Spice That Made the Flu Drug
A small Chinese tree whose star-shaped seed pods are a fundamental spice of Asian cooking — and, for years, the world's main source of the raw material for the antiviral drug Tamiflu, with a toxic look-alike to beware.
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