From top to bottom and left to right: cloves, cinnamon sticks, caraway seeds, juniper berries, whole nutmeg, cardamom pods, star anise, black peppercorns, whole mace, allspice. (Scott Suchman for The ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

As we enter what some call pumpkin spice season, baking spices — such as cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, star anise, cardamom and nutmeg — are front of mind. Often associated with desserts in the ...

Mixed Spice Recipe – 7 Warm Spices for Holiday Baking Posted: October 31, 2025 | Last updated: October 31, 2025 This fragrant, seven‑ingredient mixed spice recipe is the heart of so many classic Irish ...

Ahem. A reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3: “To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” If you are a baker, like me, you know this to be true. Winter is ...

Learn what goes into these iconic fall flavors. Andee Gosnell is a San Francisco born, Birmingham-based food photographer, writer, and recipe developer with five years experience who loves cooking and ...

If you know the meaning of that phrase, you, too, are a sci-fi geek. The line appears in David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of the classic science fiction novel, “Dune.” Spoken by the guild navigator, it ...

As we enter what some call pumpkin spice season, baking spices - such as cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, star anise, cardamom and nutmeg - are front of mind. Often associated with desserts in the ...

Recently, I suffered a bout of cinnamon fatigue. It was British spice expert Eleanor Ford who cured me with her new cookbook, “A Whisper of Cardamom,” in which she explores the sweet side of spices.