THE GOURMET GAMBIT

Rosemary or Rosemary officinalis (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a shrub of the family Lamiaceae, growing in the wild around the...

Dipteryx odorata is a species of flowering tree in the pea family Fabaceae. Its seeds are known as Tonka beans. They are black and...

The curry tree (Murraya koenigii) is a tropical to sub-tropical tree in the family Rutaceae (the rue family, which includes rue, citrus,...

Hawaiian black salt use solar evaporation technology, yielding nature’s own perfect salt crystals. The resulting salts are very clean and...

Mustard seeds are the small round seeds of various mustard plants. The seeds are usually about 1 to 2 millimetres in diameter and may...

Daun Salam leaves (syzygium polyanthum) are aromatic leaves is of the Eugenia polyanthum tree from Asia. The Indonesian folk name daun...

The dried rosebuds come from the Orient, more precisely from the Maghreb. This part of the globe uses them for various recipes, spice...

Watercress is part of the cruciferous family. There are different edible varieties of watercress, but one of the most used species is the...

Muscovado sugar (or "mascobado") is a complete, unrefined cane sugar from the Philippines and Mauritius. It is dark brown with a high...

Cinnamon is a spice from the inner bark of one of the cinnamon species. The four main kinds of cinnamon are Padang cinnamon, Chinese...

The allspice, Jamaican pepper (Pimenta dioica) is a tree of the family Myrtaceae. It is a species of the tropical regions of America,...

Kampot pepper is a very rare pepper from the family "Piper retrofactum", close cousin of piper longum which includes long pepper Java....

Bay laurel: Laurus nobilis, also called laurel or laurel of Apollo, is the true "laurel", the only edible; it is used in the kitchen as a...

Ras-el-hanout, sometimes spelled raz-el-hanout, literally "head of the shop", is a mixture of spices used in the cuisine of the Maghreb...

Black Cardamom (Amomum subulatum) also called hill cardamom comes from either of two species in the family “Zingiberaceae”. Its seed pods...

Ajowan (Trachyspermum ammi), also known as bishop's weed, is the seed of a plant native to southern India close to caraway, cumin and...

Artemisia absinthium (absinthe,) is a species of Artemisia native to temperate regions of Eurasia and Northern Africa and widely...

Salvia officinalis (also called garden sage) is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, gayish leaves, and blue to purplish...

Origanum vulgare is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae). It is native to temperate Western and South western Eurasia and the...

Nigella sativa (sometimes confused with black caraway and black cumin) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native...