Marjoram Is Aromatic and Delicious

Marjoram Is Aromatic and Delicious

The low-growing perennial herb known as Marjoram is a lovely garden essential. Considered a more delicate and finer tasting relative to oregano, it has delicious pine and citrus scents and flavors and produces tiny and charming flowers. But Marjoram is also a key ingredient to many popular herbal or spice blends. It appears in “Herbes de Provence”; […]

Cooking with Hickory Smoked Salt

Cooking with Hickory Smoked Salt

Using high quality salt with a special blend of smoky oil, spice makers have designed a new type of salt that can enhance the flavor of many foods. Hickory Smoked Salt is a popular choice, working great for barbecue but other dishes too. Typically, hickory salt is used as a six to eight-hour rub or marinade on […]

Celery Powder Offers Huge Flavor

Celery Powder Offers Huge Flavor

There are not many plants that can be used completely – from the seeds to the roots and leaves. But, celery is an exception to this rule with flavor bursting from every part of the plant. Celery Powder is created by grinding tiny flavorful celery seeds into a pungent and versatile powder. Fragrant celery powder is used […]

Cayenne Pepper Offers Heat and Health

Cayenne Pepper Offers Health

When Spanish explorers discovered the red peppers that are known today as cayenne peppers they could not have known how popular the pretty red fruits would become. Today, cayenne pepper is used in Asian, Mexican and Italian cuisine, they are used whole, as in the popular Szechuan cuisine of China, or they are dried and […]

The Uses of Cream of Tartar in Cooking and Beyond

The Uses of Cream of Tartar in Cooking and Beyond

The Uses of Cream of Tartar in Cooking and Beyond Cream of Tartar, known by some as potassium hydrogen tartrate, is an acidic salt. It has many different used in the kitchen. Interestingly, grapes are the main producer of tartaric acid, from which this ingredient is derived. One of the best known uses of the […]