A Beginner S Guide To Cooking With Spices And Herbs

Knowing how to use spices can significantly enhance the flavor of all your favorite recipes. Spices can transform any dull meal by adding a range of delicious flavors, from a just hint of heat to a mild, more subtle taste. Seasoning with spices is often intimidating for beginners if you're not familiar with their uses. Beyond that, understanding more about spices and herbs will spark some curiosity to try something you haven't tried before. Most of us have some international cuisine favorites and assume we could not come close to the taste we get from our go-to authentic restaurants. Often, the secret lies in that game changing spice or herb we never took time to purchase and experiment with. You really can become a more skilled, knowledgeable, and successful home cook with a multi-cuisine repertoire.This book will help you unlock this untapped potential. Here's a Taste of What You'll Learn... Detailed descriptions of over 50 key spices and herbs and international cuisines linked to each one How to cook with spices and herbs Spices and herbs that complement various vegetables and meats How to create a great marinade How to substitute for spices and herbs you do not have Popular international spice blend recipes And more!

Have you ever wondered how to cook with spices? Learn about the many benefits of spices and how to cook with them! Spices and herbs have numerous health benefits including anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-cancer and anti-bacterial properties. Using spices and herbs in daily cooking is one of the healthiest and easiest lifestyle changes one can make with immense health benefits. Most commonly used spices are turmeric, chili, coriander, cumin, ginger, garlic, and black pepper. All of these spices are known to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties and thus eating a healthy dose of curry could be your answer to preventing cancer, delaying Alzheimer’s and warding off many other diseases. Spices and herbs offer other benefits too such reduce pain, improve circulation, improve digestion and help prevent diabetes among others. Find out how to start using spices as seasoning and healthy ingredients. Includes sample recipes Beginner’s guide to cooking with spices is an introductory book that explains the history, various uses and their medicinal properties and health benefits. The book explains how they may be easily incorporated in everyday cooking. The book includes tips and tricks for using spices. The book covers the following: •History of Spices •Common spices used in cooking and history and health benefits of each •Health benefits of spices and herbs •Spice mixes from around the world and their uses •Tips for cooking with Spices •Cooking Vegan with Spices •Cooking Meat and Fish with spices •Spiced Rice Dishes •Spicy Soups and Broths •References Detailed recipes for cooking with spices: •Chicken dishes with spices and herbs •Vegetable recipes •Beef preparations •Fish recipes •Different kind of spiced rices •Spicy broths and soups Beginner’s guide to cooking with spices is a great source for everyone interested in flavoring their foods with spices to derive its health benefits. This book is an easy to use cooking guide and reference source for all those starting out experimenting with spices and herbs.

Knowing how to use spices can significantly enhance the flavor of all your favorite recipes. Spices can transform any dull meal by adding a range of delicious flavors, from a just hint of heat to a mild, more subtle taste. Seasoning with spices is often intimidating for beginners if you're not familiar with their uses. Beyond that, understanding more about spices and herbs will spark some curiosity to try something you haven't tried before. Most of us have some international cuisine favorites and assume we could not come close to the taste we get from our go-to authentic restaurants. Often, the secret lies in that game changing spice or herb we never took time to purchase and experiment with. You really can become a more skilled, knowledgeable, and successful home cook with a multi-cuisine repertoire.This book will help you unlock this untapped potential. Here's a Taste of What You'll Learn... Detailed descriptions of over 50 key spices and herbs and international cuisines linked to each one How to cook with spices and herbs Spices and herbs that complement various vegetables and meats How to create a great marinade How to substitute for spices and herbs you do not have Popular international spice blend recipes And more!

Zest it up! Using spices and herbs (the key to any delicious meal) can be daunting with so many to choose from, not to mention the many possible combinations. In this book, a master chef and baker unlocks the key to the dazzling world of flavor by showing cooks of every level how to use and combine over 150 of the most popular spices and herbs. She also provides delicious recipes, fun facts, tips on storage, and a resource guide on where to get hard-to-find spices and herbs.The book also includes dozens of easy-to-follow and delicious recipes.

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Identifying and using herbs and spices, with fascinating history and growing advice, and delectable recipes.

Culinary herbs and spices have been recognised globally for their dietary and medicinal uses for centuries. A growing body of research is acknowledging their health-promoting properties as well as their therapeutic potential with reference to a number of chronic non-communicable diseases including cancer and type 2 diabetes. The aim of this book is to bring together current knowledge of thirty of the most commonly used culinary herbs and spices globally in an accessible dictionary format. For each culinary herb or spice the following is covered: origin and history of use, including their use in food preservation and for medicinal purposes; nutritional composition; chemistry; sensory properties; adulteration; current and emerging research concerning their bioactive properties and their health promoting and therapeutic potential; safety; and adverse effects. The book is a central source of information for those who have a general interest in these foods, are studying plant and food science and nutrition, and who practice or have an interest in the culinary arts.