The more I learn about the nutritional content and value of herbs and spices, the more I am confirmed in placing them front and center in my Memory Preservation Nutrition Program, which has been implemented at Senior Living Residences assisted living and Alzheimers care communities across Massachusetts.

When one thinks of Spices and spice, cuisine is not always the first thing that comes to mind. Culinary spice, however, can fuel the imagination and heighten pleasure at least while dining. Spices are merely dried plant parts, but they have been the cause of wars, used as medicine and currency, considered a bridge to the gods and spurred the exploration and discovery of new worlds (Columbus was seeking cinnamon, among other spices, and found America instead). Three cheers for spices without their discovery, the culinary world would be a dull one.

When one thinks of Vegas and spice, cuisine is not always the first thing that comes to mind. Culinary spice, however, can fuel the imagination and heighten pleasure at least while dining. Spices are merely dried plant parts, but they have been the cause of wars, used as medicine and currency, considered a bridge to the gods and spurred the exploration and discovery of new worlds (Columbus was seeking cinnamon, among other spices, and found America instead). Three cheers for spices; without their discovery, the culinary world would be a dull one.