Spices 101

Spices 101: Three Options for Grinding Spices (Recipe: Quick Mojo Sauce)

by Aimee

If you’ve got a pepper mill, then you are off to a great start to grinding your own spices. Why grind your own? Well, we’ve already discussed the benefits of buying whole spices, so now you’ve got to break them down. Fortunately it’s easy to do and well worth your time. One sniff of freshly [...]

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Pantry

Ten Ingredients You Absolutely, Positively, Must Have on Your Spice Rack

by Lydia

Today Simple Bites is honored to welcome spice enthusiast extraordinaire Lydia Walshin from The Perfect Pantry. After hearing about our Spices 101 series, she readily agreed to guest post and we are most fortunate to have her share her wealth of knowledge with us. Welcome, Lydia! My first kitchen, the one in the third-floor walk-up [...]

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Pantry

Spices 101: Storing Spices (Recipe: Black Pepper Shrimp)

by Aimee

If you’ve been following our Spices 101 series, you may have had some spice myths debunked, and also may have decided to invest in quality spices. Today, we’ll learn how to store your quality spices properly so that they’ll maintain their maximum freshness and potency. It may come as a surprise to you, but a [...]

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Pantry

Spices 101: What You Need to Know About Buying Spices

by Aimee

One might think that learning which spice to add to which dish is one of the first things you would be taught in Spices 101, but they would be wrong. Learning to source and purchase fresh, quality products is paramount when learning to cook well with spices. Would you make a fruit salad with moldy [...]

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Cooking School

Spices 101: Common Myths Debunked (recipe: Chai-Spiced Granola)

by Aimee

An ‘Introduction to Spices’ would be an entire module in cooking school if I were the instructor. I think spices are that important to cooking. Proper selection and addition of good quality spices to a dish can elevate the flavor of a dish with little effort and minimal cost; that alone is reason to learn [...]

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