Cardamom is used to spice both sweet and savoury dishes. It is widely employed in Indian, Middle Eastern, Arabic, and Swedish cuisine. Cardamom is a spice made from the seed pods of various plants in the ginger family. Cardamom pods are spindle-shaped and have a triangular cross-section. The pods contain Read more…
Rosemary is pine-scented herb, that grows into a small shrub that can reach up to four feet in height in an ideal climate. The plant produces flat, needle-like leaves that are about one-inch in length, green in colour with a silver-grey sheen on the underside. Rosemary’s needle-like leaves grow in Read more…
Description: Caraway seeds can be used whole or ground up to flavour a dish. Some cultures even use the leaves of the caraway plant for a garnish or base of a soup. Many European and Middle Eastern cuisines cook with caraway in unique ways. For example, harissa, a spicy Tunisian Read more…
Description: Leeks are a member of the onion family, native to the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East—the biggest producers are Indonesia, Turkey, France, Republic of Korea, and Belgium. Leeks look like scallions (or green onions), but they’re a lot larger. And their mild flavour and ease of preparation make Read more…
Curry powder is a mixture of spices that take on a yellow hue. Contrary to popular belief, it is not a staple ingredient in Indian cooking. Curry powder was created by the British to evoke the essence of Indian food and is not used in authentic Indian cooking. The confusion Read more…
Description: Strawberries have an overall conical heart shape and can vary in size depending upon cultivar and growing conditions. All varieties of Strawberries have seeds on their exterior rather than their interior, which distinguishes them from a berry and a true fruit. They have a bright red sheen when fully Read more…
Description: Strawberries have an overall conical heart shape and can vary in size depending upon cultivar and growing conditions. All varieties of Strawberries have seeds on their exterior rather than their interior, which distinguishes them from a berry and a true fruit. They have a bright red sheen when fully Read more…
Description: Forest berries are small, aggregate fruits that generally average 1 to 3 centimetres in diameter and have a round, oval, to oblong shape. Despite the fruits resembling berries, Forest berries are developed from tiny round drupelets that fuse together to create a solid but bumpy, textured, and bubbled appearance. Read more…
Description: The mango is a tropical stone fruit and member of the drupe family. This is a type of plant food with a fleshy outer section that surrounds a shell, or pit. This pit contains a seed. Other members of the drupe family include olives, dates, and coconuts. There are Read more…
Description: Peaches are distinguished by a downy fuzz covering their thin skins. The fruits mature from green to yellow and then orange with deep red blushing on the side facing the sun. The deep orange flesh is aromatic and juicy and may or may not cling to the hard, almond-shaped Read more…