In Defense of Vanilla: Decolonizing a Historical Metaphor

Bearing in mind that vanilla is considered an aphrodisiac, and that etymologically, the term vanilla is related to the term vagina, an alternative usage of vanilla history would not even lose the ability to point to the complex intersections of race and sex. Using vanilla history in such an affirmative way contradicts a long-standing and seemingly self-evident metaphorical use of the term ...

Vanilla for Valentine's? It's a natural aphrodisiac! - LittlePod

Madame de Pompadour was far from the first to use vanilla as a natural aphrodisiac, for as Janet, LittlePod's Managing Director and Founder, details in her 2014 cookbook - Vanilla, cooking with one of the world's finest ingredients - the ancient Totonac people cherished their native vanilla plant, called xanath, considering it a 'gift from the gods' and using it, combined with ...

5 Facts about the Acclaimed Aphrodisiac Vanilla

Whether you prefer to eat or smell vanilla, you are savoring one of nature's most complex and rare plants. Here are a few facts to get you excited about vanilla. 1. Vanilla is one of the world's most expensive spices. Vanilla is one expensive spice, second only to saffron, due to its labor intensive pollination and harvesting.