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Posts tagged “Seasonings”

In Praise of Red Pepper Flakes

Our first experiences with red pepper flakes were at pizza restaurants, with those glass shakers full of seeds and flakes that we never touched as kids. As we learned to cook, we threw them in only ...

Summer Living: Cooking With Fresh Herbs

One of our favorite parts of summer is the abundance of fresh herbs--often in our own back yards! We find ourselves throwing herbs into everything we cook, relishing in their fresh green flavors. Sin...

Cooking with Tea: Smoky Lapsang Souchong

Walking home last night, the neighborhood was thick with the smells of barbecue. Oh, how we love that smoky smell. And we love tasting it in our food even more! Barbecue wood chips, liquid smoke, bit...

The IKEA Pantry: Elderberry Flower Syrup

We were recently at a party where a British expat suddenly launched into a longing rhapsody over elderflower syrup. "Why," she asked, "do Americans not have this? In England elderflower syrup and soda...

The Spice Shop in London

Bleinhem Crescent is a fabulous little London oasis for the home cook, with the Books for Cooks bookshop/café and The Spice Shop right across the street. ...

NYC Shopping: Have You Bought Spices at a Street Fair?

It's getting warm outside... And that means street fairs are in full swing here in New York. We think street fair shoppers mainly fall into two categories: Those who go for lunch (of grilled corn on t...

Quick Tip: Using Whole Cumin Seeds

Thanks to the peek inside Devesh and Tara's Spice Pantry, we've got seeds on the brain. One we've been loving lately: whole cumin. Toasting the seeds is easy, and they add a complex texture and flavor...

Ingredient Spotlight: Fermented Black Beans

We were delighted to see Mark Bittman's spotlight on fermented black beans in yesterday's New York Times Dining section. We have a thing for these tiny salted soybeans, and it was great to see them br...

Hard Honey to Go: Honibe Honey Drops

Honibe is a company from Prince Edward Island, Canada (Hello! Hungry Reader shoutout to Anne of Green Gables...). Honibe is passionate about honey; they sell varietals made from the pollen of pumpkin,...

Impulse Buy: Pearl Sugar from IKEA

Shopping for gourmet food at Ikea sounds like a wacky idea. Once you've dragged yourself and your huge hard-to-pronounce pieces of furniture through miles of store, any remaining energy must be devo...

Smart Spice: tsp spices

Raise your hand if you have over-the-hill spice jars in your kitchen, their senility evidenced by a layer of dust on the cap, or a price that makes you feel old (when did they ever use a font like tha...

Bacon Salt: Vegetarian AND Vegan?

Our friend Michael of Herbivoracious (and of that splendid spicy chickpea stew) tells us, to our surprise, that bacon salt is both vegetarian and vegan! To demonstrate, he makes a vegan Farro with C...

Good Product: McNess Ginger Extract

The McNess Company has been in business for almost a hundred years, selling livestock remedies and household products out of horse drawn delivery buggies. They are still in business today, offering h...

Maldon Crystal Salt

We love salt. And one of our favorite finishing salts is Maldon Crystal Salt. This is the stuff to keep on your table and sprinkle over food just before you eat it. The family-owned company is bas...

SpiceWatch: Aleppo Pepper

Aleppo woos tasters with cumin-like complexity and a deep rich aroma, somewhere between coffee and smoke. Aleppo is kinder to the tongue than dried red pepper flakes, that staple of kitchen spice rack...

Good Product: Abuelita Villarreals Comida Mexicana Sauce

Even if youre the type of cook who would rather scramble an egg and make toast on a busy night than resort to a jarred sauce, Abuelita Villarreals Comida Mexicana Ranchero Red Sauce is a viable mea...

Technique: Preserving Hot Chiles

These chile peppers from the Alemany Farmers Market win my personal Fall Colors Contest. Im not sure what kind they are since I neglected to ask, but they look like Thai chiles and were abundant at...

Good Product: Sal Marina aux Deux Piments

I'm lucky enough to have in my possession nearly one-half of a pound of the most beautiful salt I've ever seen. Sal Marina aux Deux Piments is a good quality, somewhat coarse Spanish sea salt studde...

Good Product: Topanga Quality Honey

Although theres something awfully satisfying about squeezing honey from a small plastic bear, sometimes you want something a little bit better than, say, Suebee. Thats why I was was excited to dis...

Good Product: Trader Joe's Red Mole

Making mole is an ambitious task so we decided to try the jar of Trader Joses Red Mole stashed in the pantry. We are pleased to report it is delicious. Believe me, Im somewhat of a mole snob es...

Hot Product: Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce

You've seen it on the table at Asian restaurants forever. It's time you get to know Sriracha, named after the Thai seaside town Si Racha, where it was first produced as a local product, although the ...

What's the Deal with Bay Leaves?

They sit in a jar on your shelf, getting little love. They may appear in a recipe or two throughout the year, and sometimes you remember to fish them out of whatever you're cooking before serving. O...

Olitos Sweet Olive Jam

We were recently given a wonderful little jar of sweet olive jam from Olitos in Spain. Made from hand picked olives, apple juice, rosemary, mountain honey, herbs and spices and a dash of lemon, Olito...

Sea Salt. Kosher Salt. Crazy Expensive Salt: What's the Deal?

When I mentioned using sea salt in my recipe for Farfalle with Wild Northern Shrimp, there was a bit of a stir. The question over what kind of salt to use, and why there's such a difference in pr...