Spice Trip - Episode Guide

Season 1

Chillies - Mexico

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 25, 2012

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Stevie and Emma head to Oaxaca, Mexico, where chillies go back thousands of years and every local is an aficionado.

Cloves - Zanzibar

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Dec 2, 2012

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Stevie and Emma travel to Zanzibar to rediscover the magic of cloves. They make a mulled wine oxtail stew, and orange, clove and polenta cake, and grilled fish with hot fruit salsa.

Black Pepper - Cambodia

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 9, 2012

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Black pepper is the world's most commonly used spice. In Cambodia, where it is 'king of spices', Stevie and Emma discover the berries of the pepper vine have more to offer than people realise.

Nutmeg - Grenada

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 16, 2012

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Stevie Parle and Emma Grazette head to the Caribbean island of Grenada to learn about the country's main export, nutmeg, or 'black gold', a spice so ever-present it features on the national flag.

Cumin - Turkey

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 23, 2012

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In Britain, we know cumin as a spice used in curries, but in Turkey it flavours everything from pizzas to pastries. Stevie and Emma explore Istanbul and discover new ways to cook with cumin.

Cinnamon - Kerala

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Dec 30, 2012

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Stevie and Emma visit Kerala, where many families grow cinnamon trees in their gardens and use the spice with fish, fruit and curries, and as an offering to the Hindu gods.

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