Editorial ChefCinnamon is an exotic spice that has had significance through the ages. It has been treasured for its sweet fragrance and medicinal and culinary properties. It is obtained from the inner brown bark of Cinnamomum …
Getting Sweet and Menthol With Mint Herb
Mint or more precisely referred to as peppermint herb is a variety of herb that originated in Europe and the Middle East and is cultivated worldwide. It is best known for its volatile essential oil menthol, menthone, …
What You Need to Know About the Avocado
The 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 …
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 …
The Definitive Overview of Fruits and Their Nutrition
Fruits are the seed-bearing parts of flowing plants. They are formed from the ovary after the flowers have been fertilized. They are a major part of man’s diet and form a huge part of the …
All the Passion Fruit to Reach for the Stars
Passion fruit is a sweet oval juicy fruit with numerous beady seeds. It has leathery skin and pulp that is usually eaten or juiced. The skin is usually green and turns yellow or dark purple …