Kiss from a Rose Water

12/22/23 • 30 min

This fragrant flavoring has been favored for millennia, and was ubiquitous in American desserts before vanilla became affordable. Anney and Lauren dip into the history and science behind rose water.

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This fragrant flavoring has been favored for millennia, and was ubiquitous in American desserts before vanilla became affordable. Anney and Lauren dip into the history and science behind rose water.

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Savor - Kiss from a Rose Water

Transcript

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Hello, and welcome to Savor production of iHeartRadio. I'm Annie Reese and I'm Lauren Vogelbaum, and today we have an episode for you about rosewater. Yes, was there any reason this was on your mind? Lauren? Uh? Well, as we have mentioned and you probably have noticed, the holiday season is upon us, and that always reminds me of Turkish delight. And my favorite type of Turkish delight is in fact made with rose flavoring. And so I was like, rosewa