Spaghetti sauce can be customizable, but there's one spice you can't do without. Adding it can make all the difference in ...

Learn what common cooking spices are and how to use them, including cumin, paprika, turmeric, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg and ...

The food writer Eleanor Ford’s new book details flavor profiles and origins of spices, and decodes classic blends. By Florence Fabricant Over many years the use and evolution of spices became a ...

Scones are a traditional British and Irish baked good, with a tender crumb that’s somewhere between a quick bread and a biscuit. To give these hearty scones a deep, sweet flavor with amplified ...

Basil Hayden's eggnog recipe is a decadent holiday treat that features a mellow spice flavor and balances the rich sweetness of the bourbon. Eggnog, the comeback kid that invades retail shelves for ...

Despite what its name may suggest, allspice isn't a mix of spices, but a single spice derived from the unripe berry of the Pimenta dioica Myrtle tree. Allspice has a complex, savory-sweet flavor ...

Fall spices are "like fall’s cozy blanket for your food," according to Washington, D.C.-based dietitian Caroline Thomason, RD, CDCES. Nutmeg is among the top spice players as we head into the colder ...