We continue our global trade mini-series with one of the most distinguishing elements of a cuisine: spice. Where would any regional food culture be without its unique blend of spices? Where would Italian food be without oregano, or Thai food without the bird’s eye chili?

Hear how a nasty cold in the early aughts became catalyst to a multimillion dollar raw foods company on today's installment of THE FOOD SEEN.

On today's THE FOOD SEEN, Naomi Duguid has spent her life exhaustively traveling and documenting the greater part of Southeast Asia.