Cooking with Spices

Travel around the world from the comfort of your kitchen with one hundred spice recipes for rubs, blends, marinades, and sauces.

As any home cook knows, adding a little bit of spice to your meal can bring flavor and variety to your plate in a big way. After all, humans all around the world have been fine-tuning the art of seasoning in various forms for thousands of years. But figuring out the right amount of food pairing can be intimidating—resulting in your unopened spices left sitting on the rack.

Cooking with Spices is a cookbook and reference guide for any level chef who wants to learn about and explore spices from around the world. Organized by region from India to Europe—with spice profiles and recipes for rubs, blends, marinades, and sauces—Cooking with Spices shows you how to savor spices every day, no matter where you are in the world.

• Spices from around the World—Uncover spices and recipes by region from India & Sri Lanka, the Americas, Asia, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe
• one hundred recipes—Follow simple, step-by-step instructions for rubs, pastes, sauces, and blends for everyday seasoning
• Spice 101—Discover the origins, cultural significance, medicinal uses, and complementary pairings of over fifty easy-to-find spices
• Quick Reference Guides—Learn the perfect spice, herb, and food pairings with easy-to-follow charts

Recipes include: Chinese Five-Spice Blend; South Pacific Honey Paste; Backcountry Chimichurri Sauce; Harissa Paste; Sicilian Saffron Pasta Sauce; and much more