If you're an avid baker, or just a fan of sweet treats, there's a good chance a bottle of vanilla extract or vanilla powder is sitting in your cupboard. But have you ever thought about where your ...

In Papantla, vanilla used to dominate daily life and helped Mexico becoming the world's leading supplier of the aromatic spice more than a century ago. The rise of artificial vanilla contributed to ...

Long gone are the days when heaps of green vanilla pods were drawn into town by mules and laid out on woven mats to dry in the sun, perfuming the streets before being packed up and sold abroad. In ...