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Saffron: The Story of the World’s Most Expensive Spice - JSTOR Daily
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For centuries, saffron has been a prized dye
Bizarre that such a costly substance would be used as a dye for clothing. Why pay what’s likely the equivalent of HP ink when you can just get a box of Rit yellow dye at the supermarket?
Surely the price will drop when someone figures out that drones can fly around and harvest the saffron.
We're focused on cooking and the science behind how it changes our food. Some chemistry, a little biology, whatever it takes to explore a critical aspect of everyday life.
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