Spices can be widely and easily incorporated into many aspects of cuisine but not everything you read about spices is true. Here are 12 questions about spices you should know the answers to, in...

Ajwain (pronounced AHJ-a-wahn) is a herb that produces both leaves and a fruit that is used in food dishes and for health purposes. The Ajwain fruit appears to look like a seed and is often referred...

Kokum is a fruit-bearing tree also known by its plant name Garcinia indica that offers benefits in food applications as well as industrial and pharmaceutical uses. You may also see it spelled Kokam...

Galangal is a plant - four actually - from the same family as ginger that is commonly used in Asian cooking and herbal medicines. As such, galangal and ginger are often mentioned in the same breath...

Harissa is a hot chili that comes in both paste and powder form made from chili peppers that originated in Tunisia in North Africa. Commonly used as a dipping sauce used with olives and bread, as a...

Anardana is better known as dried pomegranate seeds and is very popular in Indian and Pakistani cooking as well as Middle Eastern cooking, pastries and bread making. When ground up into a powder,...