Chives is a delicately flavored herb that resembles the top leaves of the onion plant. They are however…
Chervil is herb particularly used to season certain foods such as poultry, seafood, young vegetables, soups, stews, and…
The Brazil nut is a tree found in the South American Amazon Jungle of the family Lecythidaceae. It…
The common fig is a plant of the mulberry family. It produces a fruit simply known as fig….
Dill or Dill weed is a herb that has significance in the culinary field. It is related to…
The radish is a pungent edible root vegetable of the Brassicaceae family. It is usually eaten raw as…
The shallot is a type of onion, specifically of the species Allium cepa. it is also closely related…
Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the bulbous saffron crocus plant also known as Crocus…
Wasabi, also known as Japanese horseradish, botanically, is a plant that is related to the Brassicaceae family. This…
Moringa oleifera goes by an assortment of other names, most notably drumstick tree. This is because of its…
The mustard seed comes from a plant bearing the same name. For centuries it cherished for its flavorful and…
Mace spice is the dried lacy reddish covering, or aril, which envelops the nutmeg kernel. It comes from…
Nutmeg is an aromatic spice from the seed of a variety of trees in the genus Myristica. It…
Bok choy or pak choi which means “White vegetable” is a type of Chinese cabbage that does not…
I have heard it said too often to cook rice the right way is all about the rice…
Butternut squash also goes by the name butternut pumpkin or gramma. It is closely related to the pumpkin…
Cassava also is known as yuca, manioc, Brazilia arrowroot, Manihot or tapioca depending on which part of the…
Native to the Mediterranean area the Globe artichoke also known as Ankinara in Greek is an edible flower…
The cashew nut comes from the evergreen cashew tree which also produces the cashew apple. Botanically it belongs…
The green pea also popularly known as the garden pea is a delicious little spherical green seed or…
Hazelnut also is known as cobnut or filbert nut according to the species is the nut of the…
The bay leaf is generally an aromatic leaf used to impart a distinct flavor and fragrance into a…
Pecan refers broadly to any nut that requires a stone to crack. In our case, we are referring…
The bell pepper is a fruit that is also known as sweet pepper of just pepper. Another well-known…
Eggplant is also known as brinjal in South Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia regions. In Europe, it…
Rice is an extremely popular staple food which so happens to be a cereal grain. It is the…
Parsley is a fragrant rich biennial herb is native to the Mediterranean region more precisely the regions around…
The potato is one of the world’s most widely known and relatively cheap staple food. It is a…
Chard or better known as Swiss Chard is a biennial, creased leafy vegetable with colored stalks and a…
Originating in Northeast Mediterranean region, cauliflower also known as cabbage flower happens to be on the crops in…
Cabbage is a plant that is also known as headed cabbage. It is a biennial vegetable grown for…
Kohlrabi is a vegetable of the cabbage family. It goes by many other names but mainly German turnip,…