Reporting from Zanzibar — “Here. What do you think this is?” Genes Salema, our guide for the day, crushed a handful of green leaves in his hands and held them out to us. We leaned down and inhaled.

Usually seen next to a salt shaker, pepper comes from the berry of a green vine that is native to the foothills of the Himalayas. The vine, which grows around sturdier trees for support, matures in ...

You might know cardamom, cinnamon and nutmeg as the spices you mix into coffee or chai blends. But where do they come from? I visited a spice farm in Zanzibar, an archipelago off the east coast of ...

We don’t think about spices as plants, and we really don’t think about the people who grow those plants. Spices are almost entirely grown on small farms, picked by hand, and dried in the sun. Through ...

PEMBA, Tanzania — It’s springtime on this green, hilly island, and the pungent, sweet smell of cloves spices the air. Zaharan Salim’s father, who crossed the turquoise water from Oman to settle here ...

Stone Town was still asleep at 6 a.m., which surprised me. I had gotten up early to beat the crowds, catch some early morning sunlight and take a cool leisurely stroll through the maze of Zanzibar's ...

Here are unique points about the unique island of Zanzibar off the coast of Tanzania ...

Known as the spice island, Zanzibar is a beguiling mix of Arabic, African and Indian cultures. From Stone Town's tiny streets to isolated coral reefs, this paradise off the coast of Tanzania draws ...

A visit to Zanzibar, or in fact Unguja, the largest island of the Zanzibari archipelago – the other larger island is called Pemba – is never one dimensional, nor should it be. A visit to Zanzibar, or ...