Food Products

Layers of Flavor in Peri-Peri & Fennel Spiced Nuts

In January I posted a recipe for Bahn Mi, as an example of an influential flavor pairing, specifically pickling spice and rice vinegar, from McCormick’s Flavor Forecast 2011. Each year, the spice company develops a list of emerging taste and trends with input from chefs, food writers, […]

Order Up Holiday Shoppers: Favorite Food Gifts

Whether homemade by you or handmade by someone else, food stuffs make great gifts because they are consumable, rather than, and I don’t mean to sound ungrateful here, another bad gift destined for the storage closet! I commend those cooks who make time to gift their handmade nuts, chutney, cookies […]