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El alma de las especias / The Soul of Spices (Spanish Edition)
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Product Details
Author:
Jessica Ramos
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
448
Publisher:
PRH Grupo Editorial (September 22, 2026)
Imprint:
Aguilar
Release Date:
September 22, 2026
Language:
Spanish
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9788403525238
ISBN-10:
8403525230
Weight:
13oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
File:
RandomHouse-PRH_Book_Company_PRH_PRT_Onix_delta_active_D20260416T230313_155948581-20260416.xml
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RandomHouse
List Price:
$24.95
Country of Origin:
Spain
Pub Discount:
65
Case Pack:
24
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$19.21
Publisher Identifier:
P-RH
Discount Code:
A
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Yes
Overview
Un libro repleto de sabores, olores y colores que descubre nuestra íntima conexión con la tierra y la naturaleza. Jessica Ramos, creadora de TodoEspecias, te invita a descubrir el mundo mágico y repleto de secretos y leyendas de cuarenta especias.
La naturaleza acompaña al ser humano desde sus inicios, y las plantas han servido siempre de alimento, condimento, adorno y medicina hasta el punto de que no se entendería nuestra vida y evolución como especie sin ellas.
En este libro Jessica Ramos, creadora de la marca Todoespecias, escoge cuarenta plantas y especias y se hunde hasta lo más profundo de sus raíces para relatar sus orígenes, las leyendas que las han acompañado a lo largo de la historia, episodios reales de los que fueron protagonistas y, por supuesto, sus principales usos para cocinar y cuidarnos.
***
«En algunas aldeas del norte de Marruecos, cuando las lluvias se retiraban y el sol volvía a dorar los muros, las mujeres salían a los campos para recoger mejorana. Cortaban ramas tiernas y las colgaban en las paredes encaladas, dejándolas secar al viento suave del atardecer. No eran para la cocina. Ni para los rezos. Eran para los sueños.
Decían que, si dormías con un ramito bajo la almohada, esa noche se te revelaría el rostro de quien te amaba en secreto. Solo había que cerrar los ojos, aspirar el perfume tenue de la planta y dejar que el alma ―más honesta que la razón― hiciera el resto.
Muchas lo hacían en silencio. A veces por nostalgia. A veces por deseo. Como quien se asoma a una puerta entreabierta para ver si alguien espera al otro lado.
Esperaban ver la cara de quien las pensaba en secreto.
Pero lo que pocas imaginaban es que a veces se mostraba su propio reflejo.
Porque la mejorana no obedece a los deseos. Obedece a la verdad.
Y la verdad en muchas de ellas era que el amor que anhelaban de otros era el mismo que llevaban tiempo negándose a sí mismas».
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A book brimming with flavors, scents, and colors that reveals our intimate connection with the earth and nature. Jessica Ramos, creator of TodoEspecias, invites you to discover the magical world of forty spices, full of secrets and legends.
Nature has accompanied humanity since the beginning, and plants have always served as food, seasoning, decoration, and medicine—to the point that our life and evolution as a species would be incomprehensible without them.
In this book, Jessica Ramos, creator of the TodoEspecias brand, selects forty plants and spices and delves deep into their roots to recount their origins, the legends that have accompanied them throughout history, real-life episodes in which they played a leading role, and of course, their main uses in cooking and self-care.
***
“In some villages in northern Morocco, when the rains receded and the sun once again gilded the walls, the women would go out into the fields to gather marjoram. They would cut tender branches and hang them on the whitewashed walls, letting them dry in the gentle evening breeze. They weren’t for cooking. Nor for prayers. They were for dreams.
They said that if you slept with a sprig under your pillow, that night the face of the one who loved you in secret would be revealed to you. You just had to close your eyes, inhale the plant’s faint scent, and let the soul—more honest than reason—do the rest.
Many did it in silence. Sometimes out of nostalgia. Sometimes out of desire. Like someone peeking through a half-open door to see if someone is waiting on the other side.
They hoped to see the face of the one who thought of them in secret.
But what few imagined was that sometimes their own reflection would appear.
Because marjoram does not obey desires. It obeys the truth.
And the truth for many of them was that the love they longed for from others was the same love they had long denied themselves.”
La naturaleza acompaña al ser humano desde sus inicios, y las plantas han servido siempre de alimento, condimento, adorno y medicina hasta el punto de que no se entendería nuestra vida y evolución como especie sin ellas.
En este libro Jessica Ramos, creadora de la marca Todoespecias, escoge cuarenta plantas y especias y se hunde hasta lo más profundo de sus raíces para relatar sus orígenes, las leyendas que las han acompañado a lo largo de la historia, episodios reales de los que fueron protagonistas y, por supuesto, sus principales usos para cocinar y cuidarnos.
***
«En algunas aldeas del norte de Marruecos, cuando las lluvias se retiraban y el sol volvía a dorar los muros, las mujeres salían a los campos para recoger mejorana. Cortaban ramas tiernas y las colgaban en las paredes encaladas, dejándolas secar al viento suave del atardecer. No eran para la cocina. Ni para los rezos. Eran para los sueños.
Decían que, si dormías con un ramito bajo la almohada, esa noche se te revelaría el rostro de quien te amaba en secreto. Solo había que cerrar los ojos, aspirar el perfume tenue de la planta y dejar que el alma ―más honesta que la razón― hiciera el resto.
Muchas lo hacían en silencio. A veces por nostalgia. A veces por deseo. Como quien se asoma a una puerta entreabierta para ver si alguien espera al otro lado.
Esperaban ver la cara de quien las pensaba en secreto.
Pero lo que pocas imaginaban es que a veces se mostraba su propio reflejo.
Porque la mejorana no obedece a los deseos. Obedece a la verdad.
Y la verdad en muchas de ellas era que el amor que anhelaban de otros era el mismo que llevaban tiempo negándose a sí mismas».
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A book brimming with flavors, scents, and colors that reveals our intimate connection with the earth and nature. Jessica Ramos, creator of TodoEspecias, invites you to discover the magical world of forty spices, full of secrets and legends.
Nature has accompanied humanity since the beginning, and plants have always served as food, seasoning, decoration, and medicine—to the point that our life and evolution as a species would be incomprehensible without them.
In this book, Jessica Ramos, creator of the TodoEspecias brand, selects forty plants and spices and delves deep into their roots to recount their origins, the legends that have accompanied them throughout history, real-life episodes in which they played a leading role, and of course, their main uses in cooking and self-care.
***
“In some villages in northern Morocco, when the rains receded and the sun once again gilded the walls, the women would go out into the fields to gather marjoram. They would cut tender branches and hang them on the whitewashed walls, letting them dry in the gentle evening breeze. They weren’t for cooking. Nor for prayers. They were for dreams.
They said that if you slept with a sprig under your pillow, that night the face of the one who loved you in secret would be revealed to you. You just had to close your eyes, inhale the plant’s faint scent, and let the soul—more honest than reason—do the rest.
Many did it in silence. Sometimes out of nostalgia. Sometimes out of desire. Like someone peeking through a half-open door to see if someone is waiting on the other side.
They hoped to see the face of the one who thought of them in secret.
But what few imagined was that sometimes their own reflection would appear.
Because marjoram does not obey desires. It obeys the truth.
And the truth for many of them was that the love they longed for from others was the same love they had long denied themselves.”









