So you know that pimento is a red bell pepper, and then one day you find out that in Italian pimento (like the word piment in French) means allspice. How did that happen? It started in the Middle Ages ...

Allspice comes from a tree called Pimenta dioica. The evergreen tree is native to the West Indies, Mexico and Central America. It grows 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide. The dried unripe ...

Chuck Taggert, a New Orleans native who lives in California and is Webmaster for gumbopages.com, served this to a 2007 Tales of the Cocktail panel on rare liqueurs. As makers of jerk chicken and other ...

Pimenta dioica (Linn.) Merrill, known as allspice or pimento, is an important Jamaican crop and the island is the world's chief supplier. Unfortunately, improvement of the crop is hindered by a ...