The Science Behind Holiday Spices: Cinnamon

As you enjoy that cider spiced with cloves and nutmeg, we’ll finish with the most traditional spice of the holiday: cinnamon. It’s used in many sweet and savory dishes all year long, but when it comes to smells that conjure up the holidays, no spice really does it better than cinnamon. Not only does cinnamon add a characteristic flavor to many foods, it’s one of the most researched spices in health today.

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum. Harvesting the cinnamon involves removing branches from a . . .

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