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Posts by Alex Maina

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Our ultimate guide to chipotle peppers

Chipotle peppers are smoked, dried red jalapeno peppers. They have a sweet, fruity, smoky flavor with earthy, grassy, and chocolatey hints. The peppers average 2.5-4 inches. Chipotle Morita peppers...

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Ground celery seeds: uses & recipes

Ground celery seed spice comes from whole celery seeds that have been dried and ground into a fine powder. This spice has a delicate flavor profile with an earthy, grassy, herbal, and slightly bitter...

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Dried Dill Vs Fresh Dill & Best Dill Substitutes

Dried dill comes from the dehydrated green leaves of dill plants. The crunchy dried leaves have a grassy, slightly buttery, anise-like licorice flavor with undernotes of sweetness and tangy lemon...

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lime peel: uses & recipes

Lime peel is the pithed outer skin removed from limes. The spice adds a slightly sweet, bitter lime flavor to baked goods, marinades, salsas, and cocktails. It's common in Caribbean, Latin American,...

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How to eat toasted pita bread?

Pita bread is a round, yeast-leavened wheat flour bread. It is baked on a stone surface, oven, or stovetop into a flatbread or puffed, double-layered bread with an air pocket. It originates in the...

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Granulated Honey: Uses & Recipe Ideas

Granular honey is ground dried honey. It has a crunchy texture and lacks the viscosity and stickiness of raw honey. You can use honey in this form to add a sweet flavor to barbecued meats, hot...

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Since discovering how well spices transform a dish from bland to enjoyable in seconds, Alex became sold on using spices to better three of his major passions—gardening, cooking, and writing. When he is not tending to his spice crops, you'll find him trying a new recipe, writing for the Spice Gourmand, or serving a second helping of his spicy food!

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