World Spice at Home

Book excerpt: Fans of Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty and Jerusalem will delight in the “rich and insightful” spice profiles in these 75 recipes—from Seattle’s maven of world spices and blends (Boston Globe). World Spice at Home brings the world’s exotic spices to your home kitchen to breathe new life into favorite, familiar, and traditional dishes with wonderful new flavors. Included are recipes to assemble unique spice blends that add wonderful dimension to roasted vegetables, simple grilled steaks, and even apple pie. Transform a grilled ribeye steak using an Arabic baharat spice blend; add drama to your carrot cake using Kashmiri garam masala. Learn how to use Madras curry in a Northwest Fisherman’s Stew, or Moroccan harissa in a hearty vegetable soup. Spices add gratifying dimension to foods, and while the spice blends come from around the world, these recipes are friendly and familiar.