Matt Bray 
Our easy Louisiana seafood gumbo is a little different from your typical gumbo recipe. It has much of the flavor you’d expect, but it drops the flour roux so even the most inexperienced cooks can enjoy this spicy seafood dish. The choice of hot sauce …
With the popularity of ketogenic diets in recent years, the carbohydrate content of various foods has become an important topic for people watching their weight and their calorie intake. Carbohydrates provide energy and when that energy isn’t used up, it gets stored as fat. Carbohydrate …
Chili is one of those cold-weather dishes that is often made in large amounts. The large quantities mean that unless you are feeding a huge group of people, some of it will most likely end up in the refrigerator. Refrigeration is the most efficient way …
Peppers are fruits but most people treat them like vegetables. As vegetables, they are among the most varied and versatile. Their versatility makes them popular, which is why they are used in cuisines all over the world. One of their important nutritional benefits is their …
Simply put, vadouvan is a French curry powder. Curry powder — the version most of us are familiar with — is most likely a British invention. Both vadouvan and curry powder started as attempts to make Western versions of Indian spices that are easier for …
Sweet peppers are classified as “sweet” to differentiate them from hot peppers. Generally speaking, any pepper that isn’t hot could be considered sweet. In other words, the term “sweet pepper” encompasses a wide range of varieties that come in many different shapes and sizes. Let’s …
Chipotle chilies are another name for jalapeños. Specifically: they are ripe red jalapeños that have been dried and smoked.The peppers have become one of the more famous Mexican spices, but do they share similar nutritional profiles. Is chipotle pepper nutrition similar to the nutritional value …
The best Mexican hot sauces are all common and relatively affordable. If you are in Mexico, the offerings will change from region to region and from restaurant to restaurant. The good news is that all of them are available online, and most will be in …
Bell peppers are fruits even though most people think of them as vegetables. They are among the most familiar items in the produce aisle, but – just like the fact that they are fruits – there are quite a few things about these valuable, flavorful …
The “head of the shop”… Spice blends are an important part of Middle Eastern cookery. Blends like dukkah and za’atar are widely used and help to create complex and distinctive flavor profiles; however, no blend is more complex and distinctive than ras el hanout. The …