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Where can we buy spices?
February 15th 2010
Where can I buy cardamom pods? It would be great if we could get this kind of information when there are recipes with ingredients that are not known to the general public… Sometimes, on SOSCuisine, there are some recipes with these types of ingredients… Would it be possible to tell us where to buy them? Thanks! Camille G. Pepper, king of spices
January 21st 2010
Pepper (piper nigrum), which is the fruit of the pepper plant (a creeper native to India), has been consumed since time immemorial. This spice not only enhanced the flavor of food, it also masked the lack of freshness in meats which had hung for too long, a very common situation before the invention of modern preservation techniques. Cilantro: aromatic leaves and seeds
October 24th 2009
Cilantro is an herbaceous plant that looks a bit like parsley or chervil, but it has a completely different taste. Its leaves are used as an aromatic herb, while its dried seeds, commonly known as coriander, are used as a spice. Saffron: A golden spice
August 1st 2009
The saffron spice comes from the dried stigmas of the “crocus sativus” flower. Extremely fragile, the spice is harvested from these flowers at dawn, before the rays from the sun reach them and alter the quality of the flower. A delicate hand is necessary, in order to remove the red stigmas from the flower. | |||||||||||||
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Originally published in Journal de Montréal on December 6, 2008.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on October 24, 2009.
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on August 1, 2009.