Fra­grantia – Spell­bind­ing Nut­meg The the­o­ret­i­cal part of my bach­e­lor’s the­sis explores the evo­lu­tion of food depic­tions through­out the cen­turies, with a par­tic­u­lar empha­sis on Baroque still life. In the cre­ative seg­ment, I delved into var­i­ous artis­tic approach­es to present recipes, includ­ing col­lages, staged set­tings, and the explo­ration of the sen­su­al inter­play between food and the human body.

Fra­grantia, derived from the Latin word for fra­grance, serves as an inno­v­a­tive mono­graph­ic mag­a­zine series, with each edi­tion ded­i­cat­ed to a spe­cif­ic spice. In addi­tion to fea­tur­ing numer­ous recipes using the spice, the mag­a­zine delves into its his­tor­i­cal sig­nif­i­cance, com­po­nents, dis­tinc­tive char­ac­ter­is­tics, and, most impor­tant­ly, its mul­ti­fac­eted impact on the human body.

The cur­rent issue of Fra­grantia focus­es on nut­meg and pro­vides a com­pre­hen­sive analy­sis of the diverse roles of this remark­able spice as an aphro­disi­ac, drug, and poten­tial­ly even as a poison.