Taking the periodic table of spices as a starting point, this adventurous recipe book explores the science behind the art of making incredible spice blends to help you release the flavour in your dishes. Discover a spice book like no other from TV personality, food scientist and bestselling author, Dr Stuart Farrimond. Spice profiles - organised by their dominant flavour compound - showcase the world's top spices, with recipe ideas, information on how to buy, use, and store, and more in-depth science to help you release the flavours and make your own spice connections.

There is also a selection of recipes using innovative spice blends, based on the new spice science, designed to brighten your palate and inspire your own culinary adventures. Sure to get your taste-buds tingling, you can explore:

• An explanation of what spices are and how they're produced.
• Which countries favour which spices and a bit of the history behind it.
• Dozens of spice blends you can make and what you can use it for.
• 52 exciting recipes from around the world which showcase each spice blend.
• A reference guide to look up each spice to understand how to use it.
• Colour-coded charts to help you learn the chemical compounds that make up the flavours.
• Instructions on how to design your own spice blends with photographic references without.

Great cooking goes beyond following a recipe - it's knowing how to use the right combination of spices and herbs to get the greatest possible flavour from your dishes.