Overview. Arrowroot powder is a natural powdered root starch that is white in color and very lightweight. It is derived from the tropical South American plant Maranta arundinacea. The plant was given the name âArrowrootâ because it was once used to treat those injured with wounds from poisoned arrows.
Cameron Crowe Explains The Pop Culture Netherworld of Vanilla Sky. There is a God, and, thankfully, he looks like Tom Cruise. Thatâs what Cruise plays in Cameron Croweâs Vanilla Sky: a flawed, hurt, and regretful God searching for something real in his own world. Of course, that also means he didnât play anyoneâs ideal romantic lead in this picture, and that partly speaks to why Vanilla Sky polarized audiences and
Vanilla fragrans, as genuine vanilla is known, is native to Mexico, and well into the 19th century makers of high-quality Mexican vanilla had a lock on the business.ost of the vanilla sold in Mexico is synthetic, though it doesn't all have coumarin in it. Telltale signs of the fake stuff: clear, or dark and murky (the real stuff is amber colored and translucent), low alcohol content (genuine vanilla extract contains at least 35% ethyl alcohol), laughably low price.