Spice of the Month
All you need to know about Mustard
October 19, 2011 - Category: Spice of the Month
Mustard is a great spice, used for centuries to add great flavor but also with extreme health benefits. Find out all you need to know about mustard.Originally, mustard was the name for the pungent sauce made by grinding the seeds of the senvy plant into a paste and mixing it with "must" (unfermented wine). The…All you need to know about Mustard
Read more...Spice of the Month: Cinnamon
September 13, 2011 - Category: Spice of the Month
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum zeylanicum), believed to have come originally from Sri Lanka, is the dried, fragrant bark of the cinnamon tree.In the ancient world, cinnamon was more precious than gold - not too surprising though, as in Egypt gold was abundant and, thus, a fairly common ornamental metal.Nero, emperor of Rome in the first…Spice of the Month: Cinnamon
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