Editorial ChefThe Avocado is a fruit of the Avocado tree which is native to south-central Mexico. It contains a single woody seed, fleshy pulp, and green leathery skin. It is cultivated in tropical areas around the world as …
A Delightful Culinary Experience With Garlic
Garlic is a root herb closely related to the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. It is native to central Asia and is very common in the Mediterranean region, Africa, and Europe as well. In culinary contexts, it is …
Sage, Another Essential Herb for Your Kitchen
Sage, also known as garden sage, or common sage is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen shrub. It is cultivated for its aromatic grayish-green leaves. It comes with purplish to blue flowers, has a woody, branching stems, …
An Overview of Celeriac the Root Celery Vegetable
Celeriac is a biennial root vegetable that also goes by the name turnip-rooted celery or knob celery or simply root celery. It is closely related to the common celery variety. It is normally grown for its fleshy …
Know Your Celery and Find out if it’s a Herb or Veggie
Celery is a strongly flavored plant that has been cultivated and eaten as a vegetable for centuries. This highly aromatic plant blurs the lines between the distinctions of what a vegetable, herb, and spice are. It is a small …
A Quick Understanding of Carrots as a Food Source
Carrots are mildly sugary and crunchy biennial root vegetables. They are usually orange in color. We say usually because there are purple, black, red, white, and yellow varieties. They can be stored for several months in …
Getting to Know Your Ginger Root Spice
Ginger is a hot pungent, spicy fragrant root tuber that is rich in culinary functions and has great nutritional and medicinal value as is common in many traditional Indian and Chinese medicines. The spicy Ginger root is …
A Brief Overview of the Facts on Basil Herb
The word Basil is derived from Greek, meaning “King”. That’s where it gets its designations as “King of the herbs” or the “Royal herb”. In some cultures, it is known as the “Holy Herb”. It …
Onions, the Culinary Delight as a Food Source
Onions are vegetables that also go by the name of bulb onions or common onions. It is a small perennial herb plant that grows to about two feet tall. It takes about three to four months from …
A Quick Understanding of Nuts and Seeds in the Kitchen
Nuts and seeds are very similar in the culinary context yet they are significantly different when looked at them from a botanical point of view. Seeds are embryonic plants enclosed in self-contained protective outer coverings. …