Peppercorns
“Pepper is small in quantity and great in virtue”. Plato Pepper is a fruit that is native to the Malabar Coast in India. It accounts for 20% of the world’s spice trade. We consider it commonplace, and it is overlooked…
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“Pepper is small in quantity and great in virtue”. Plato Pepper is a fruit that is native to the Malabar Coast in India. It accounts for 20% of the world’s spice trade. We consider it commonplace, and it is overlooked…
Continue readingPasta – The ultimate comfort food. I have often stood in front of the dried pasta section in supermarkets trying to remember if I knew anything about any of the brands. Ultimately, it was the design on the box that…
Continue readingCutting Boards Can Clean up Nicely. Cutting boards can be both utilitarian and decorative at once. They get worked upon, then cleaned and usually left to be on display on the countertop. Technically, a cutting board is a single ply…
Continue readingGet Fired Up! We like to grill into October or later, weather permitting. That means that there are maybe two more months left of grilling season! If there is still room for improvement in your grilling techniques, here are some…
Continue readingThe Marvelous Mango. The mango is an edible stone fruit from the tropical tree Mangifera indica which is thought to have come from the region around Bangladesh and northwestern India over 5,000 years ago. Mangoes are sweet, fleshy, and creamy…
Continue readingHot Pot (huǒ guō (火锅) in Chinese) is an emerging communal culinary obsession. Hot Pot is a shared cooking and eating experience, thought to have originated in Mongolia 800-900 years ago. It then spread through East and Southeast Asia. There…
Continue readingNo one puts just plain salt on the rim of their cocktail glasses anymore. Spice and salt companies are coming up with new and imaginative ways of using their products. How about embellishing the rim of your cocktail glass by…
Continue readingUtilitarian does NOT have to be boring! I have a wooden kitchen floor and it needs some protection. Luckily, I have my choice of cushioned, flat, non-slip, woven, chic, earth tone and decorative mats. So many choices underfoot. These mats…
Continue readingA heads up to what you’ll be eating this year! 2022 has gotten off to a rough start with the surge of the Omicron variant, various climate related disasters and the contentious political scene. The shipping hold up is negatively…
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