Chilli also called chile is the most popular spice and throughout history, wherever it was it transformed the previously bland cuisine. Latin American, Asian…
Tamarind is a tart fruit used as a spice and souring agent. The fruit is shaped like a long bean, inside which is a sour pulp containing many seeds. The pulp…
Sweet basil has an ineffable flavour reminiscent of anise, clove, and mint. Although its aroma is heady, the flavour of most varieties is mild and sweet…
Arbroath smokies — a speciality of the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland, smokies are small haddocks which are split, gutted, closed again and smoked…
Posted 13.12.2013 in Glossary terms starting with "A"
Agneau — a young sheep before the age of one year, which is called a spring lamb in the USA and lamb in England and South Africa, is in France known as…