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Hardware: Pots and Pans

Your stove top is not a campfire, you can’t just hold food over the fire until it’s done. You need pots and pans. Like with all kitchenware there are seemingly limitless variations and specializations when it comes to pots and pans, but I’m a generalist and if you don’t want to spend a lot of… Continue reading Hardware: Pots and Pans

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Spices Part 3: Roots and Bark

Today we’re talking about roots and bark, which just happen to be the last two spices on your list of basic seasonings. CINNAMON: If you’ve never encountered cinnamon you should call child services and have them dropkick your parents for negligence because it’s likely you’ve never eaten a dessert of any kind and that’s just not right. I don’t need… Continue reading Spices Part 3: Roots and Bark

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Spices Part 2: Berries and Flowers

Our next group of spices are the berries and flowers; from our six essential spices we have one of each (notice a trend yet?), black peppercorns and cloves. BLACK PEPPERCORNS: Black pepper is the dried fruit (technically a drupe and not a berry but whatever) of a vine native to South and Southeast Asia. The most prolific pepper… Continue reading Spices Part 2: Berries and Flowers