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Herbie’sSpice World by The Sultan of Spices, Ian “Herbie” Hemphill   Part 2 Other Varieties of “Pepper” In part two of the pepper story, we have a look at some other spices commonly referred to as pepper. The first two, cubeb pepper and long pepper are related to the true vine pepper (Piper nigrum) we discussed before, while schinus, Sichuan …

Herbie’sSpice World by The Sultan of Spices, Ian “Herbie” Hemphill   Part 1 True Pepper “Pepper” is the most confusing name that has ever been given to a spice. The problem is that there are too many spices referred to by that word. The original peppercorns (Piper nigrum) were so sought after and treasured that when the Spanish discovered chiles …

  Recipes: Wasabi Bloody Caesar Wasabi Sauce for Beef or Fish Wasabi Mayonnaise Wasabi Oyster Po’Boy Sandwiches Quick Avocado, Shrimp and Wasabi Salad Wasabi Ceviche by Larry W. Greenly Scenario One: You’re in a classy Japanese restaurant eating sushi. You dip each sushi in soy sauce. You lay a slice of ginger on top. Then you plop on some green …

  Recipes: English Red Mustard Mustardly Deviled Eggs Mustard Barbecue Glaze Hot Crab Dip Grandma Fay’s Bar-B-Q Ham Rolls Maurice’s Spicy Chicken Wings Sweet Corn Chowder Mustard Chicken Crab Cakes with Mustard Sauce By Sharon Hudgins Sharon Hudgins is a Texas-based writer who stops by Colman’s Mustard Shop every time she visits Norwich, England.   Back when Boomers were babies, …

    Both of us recall that our first experience with ginger was during childhood: tasting our mothers’ homemade ginger snaps, those spicy cookies with just a hint of a bite. It was quite a few years later that either one of us experimented with the freshly peeled root, but now all forms of ginger find their way into our …