Reader Leigh sent us this great idea for a small food gift. She created little bags of mulling spices for cider and wine, and attached cards with a note and directions. Read on for another photo and m...
This is a good time of year to go through your spice cupboard, replace ones that might be getting dusty, or replenish those that are running low. There's nothing worse than finding yourself out of an ...
Nutmeg has come a long way since the days when it was thought to ward off the plague! These days it's appreciated much more for its flavor-enhancing properties and you'll find it used in everything fr...
We've got pumpkin pie on the brain this week! Yesterday, we examined the canned pumpkin that is often used to make the pie's filling. Today, we turn our attention toward pumpkin pie spice. Click throu...
One of the commenters on our recipe for Curried Vegetable and Chickpea Stew brought up a question we actually get asked fairly frequently in our lives as cooks: Is there another spice that can be subs...
Hot, sweet, smoked, plain, Hungarian, Spanish – what are the differences between types of paprika? ...
Bahārāt, which simply means "spice" in Arabic, is a all-purpose seasoning used in Middle Eastern cuisine. Although the particular blend varies by region and household, it always includes bla...
Cumin is one of those spices we feel is essential for any spice cupboard. Just a teaspoon adds a hint of smokiness; use more and your dish infused with sweet earthy flavors. Hear more about this spice...
Attention, Bay Area spice lovers. That ubiquitous spice emporium, Penzey's, is opening their first Bay Area location soon, in Menlo Park....
We keep star anise on-hand in our kitchen and typically use it in savory braises and when poaching fruit. Recently, it's become our secret ingredient in a few of our other basic dishes. Find out which...
When cooking with whole spices, toasting them before grinding amps up their flavor and aroma in the final dish. Here's how!...
We just love getting the Penzey's catalog in the mail. Flipping through it and poring over each spice photograph and description is a food lover's wet dream. Just reading about a spice we've never t...
Our new kitchen is small and limited, and it has less drawer storage than our last kitchen. And yet there is one drawer exactly where we need it. ...
When these sculptural pepper grinders popped up in our inbox we went "Oooooohhhh...."...
We were shopping at Whole Foods recently and discovered that they have a whole wall of bulk spices. We always buy our grains from their bulk section, but we were really happy to see this additional ar...
Wow, so much food news this week, but most of it good! Read on ......
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. ...
One of the things that got us cooking in earnest was a desire to learn how to cook really good Indian food. We're still a long ways off (homestyle Indian food is a lifelong pursuit) but we've learned ...
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...
We posted a question yesterday about spice jars and it got us thinking about vintage spice containers. Here's a whole Scavenger focused on just a few of the beautiful vintage spice jars you can find ...
Hi ATers, I recently saw a commercial for (totally unrelated) one of those personal label makers. And the commercial shows a woman in her kitchen which, along with her, is totally disheveled until, of...
Back in February during our Bittersweet Baking month we gave away a Sweet Heat Package from TSP Spices - a company with a fresh approach to baking spices. Here's our winner Deborah's review! I was t...
Giveaway: Double Grinder from Linden Sweden Shop: Available from Amazon for $62.99 As you've cleaned out your cupboards for the Kitchn Spring Cure, you may have realized that you need a real pepper g...
We just have to direct you to Florence Fabricant's picks in the New York Times dining section this week. She has some great finds. Our favorite was this mortar and pestle from Suvir Saran's American M...
Cinnamon is one of our very favorite spices, and this is our favorite video yet from Nina Simonds and Spices of Life. This very quick video will show you the difference between cinnamon, cassia ba...
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