Spices

We ground two cumin brands fresh — one budget, one premium — into the same Tex-Mex beef bowl and served them blind. Heat narrowed the gap. But it didn’t close it. Culinary Microscope · Toronto Cumin, Part 2 of 2 Recap Part 1: premium cumin won clearly. On an unheated Lebanese carrot dish, the budget brand let…

We ground two brands fresh one budget friendly and one premium, applied them to the same unheated Lebanese carrot dish, and served them blind. The results were not what we expected. Spice Series — Cumin, Part 1 of 2 Culinary Microscope · Toronto Cumin is one of the oldest spices in the world. Seeds recovered…