Editorial ChefThe common fig is a plant of the mulberry family. It produces a fruit simply known as fig. The plant is native to the Middle East and Western Asia. The fig tree grows to a height of …
Elevate Your Next Meal With Dill Weed, an Enticing Herb
Dill or Dill weed is a herb that has significance in the culinary field. It is related to celery, cumin, caraway, and fennel and comes from the genus Anethum. Both leaves and seeds are used to add flavor to food …
Eating Pungent Radish Brings Starved Doctors to Their Knees
The radish is a pungent edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family. It is usually eaten raw as a crunchy salad vegetable. Their pungent characteristics come from chemicals including glucosinolate, myrosinase, and isothiocyanate. They are closely related …
This is the Shallot, an all so Delicate and Flavorful Delight
The shallot is a type of onion, specifically of the species Allium cepa. it is also closely related to Chinese onion, chives, garlic, and leek. It is believed to have originated around Central or Southwest Asia with the name …
Add a Touch of Health With the Sunflower Seed
The sunflower seed is the fruit of the sunflower plant. Botanically speaking, the fruit is a cypsela. The plant is commonly cultivated for the seed which is eaten as a snack or for extracting the sunflower oil. The three …
It’s Saffron, Spice Full of Color and Flavor
Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the bulbous saffron crocus plant also known as Crocus sativus. This spice is used primarily as a flavoring and coloring agent in food. The spice is extracted from the …
Pumpkin Seeds, Savory or Sweet, the Taste you Need
Pumpkin seeds are also known as pepita. The name is from Mexican Spanish: pepita de calabaza, meaning “little seed of squash“. They are the edible seeds of the pumpkin or certain varieties of squash. The seeds are found in the fruit which …
Horseradish, a Pungent but Rich Addition to Your Food
Horseradish of the Brassicaceae family is a perennial crop native to Southeastern Europe and Western Asia and is a pungent root vegetable used as a spice. It belongs to the same family of vegetables which includes broccoli, cabbage, kale, mustard, radish, and wasabi. …
Tamarind, The Sweet and Sour Pod of the Tropics
Tamarind is an edible pod-like fruit harvested from a leguminous tree of the same name. it belongs to the family Fabaceae which is indigenous to tropical Africa. The fruit pulp is edible with other parts of the …
Wasabi, the Green Pungent Japanese Condiment
Wasabi, also known as Japanese horseradish, botanically, is a plant that is related to the Brassicaceae family. This puts it in the same family as cabbages, horseradish, and mustard. In Japan, this crop grows naturally along wetlands in …