Tag: Baking

Spice Up Your Life

June 23, 2018

When people say they want to add some spice to their life it is usually because their life is a little bland and needs something added to rev it up. This often leads to bad choices of hair coloring/hair pieces, sports cars or motorcycles, and other “spicy” things. In the culinary world it is much… More Spice Up Your Life

Cardamom: the backbone of northern European baking

January 12, 2014

By the early 1970s, the tiny Scandinavian and German grocery stores in my hometown (some housed in attached garages, which was very handy for neighborhood customers but probably a bit dubious from a food safety standpoint) had been put out of business by the chain stores. The rich ethnic spices and flavorings carried by these… More Cardamom: the backbone of northern European baking