What Is Cumin? Cumin (pronounced COO-MIN) spice is made from the seeds of the Cuminum cyminum plant from the Apiaceae or parsley family. Popular in Indian, Middle Eastern, Mexican, and ...

Food & Cooking Cheat Sheet: How Smart Chefs Use Spices to Make Summer Recipes Even Better Add a dash of dazzle to peak produce and radically simple, no-oven recipes. With these key tips, you’ll ...

Food & Drink The Only 8 Spices You Need in Your Kitchen—And How to Use Them Why hoard spices that will only go stale before you use them? This tightly curated capsule collection offers countless ...

Debbie Kornberg, founder and CEO of Spice + Leaf, who gives advice on how to use spice blends in cooking, particularly Middle Eastern spices.

Cassia bark lends depth and warmth to curries, be it dal or vegetable curry, by lending them a rich aroma and a hint of ...

For flavours to flourish in food, adding spices, herbs and aromatics to warm oil just before adding in the key ingredients can be a determining factor to how well food is seasoned. A simple and ...

"Spices don’t improve with age, so you should use them as quickly as possible,” said Ethan Frisch, co-founder of Queens-based spice company Burlap & Barrel.

“Our biggest challenge is to get people to use it,” Ethan Frisch, the co-founder and co-owner of the spice company Burlap & Barrel, says about saffron. “They think it’s so valuable they ...