Using more spices and herbs are great ways to reduce salt in your diet. First, however, they need to be flavorful, hence fresh. A great habit to get into is to date any newly purchased spice with a ...

A wild flowering bush with very sour berries is the source of this vibrant spice. Those berries are dried, ground, then sifted to obtain what’s recognized as sumac spice across the Arab and ...

WASHINGTON — When Brandon Shapiro returned from a trip to Israel three years ago, the Bethesda-based chef developed an interest in spices — especially those he tasted on his travels. The more he ...

Although herbs and spices are often grouped together, they are actually completely different cooking elements with one basic similarity: They come from aromatic plants. Herbs are the leaves, stems, ...

The best ways to know if spices have lost their punch. Take a look in your pantry. Have some of those spice jars been around longer than you can remember? Maybe they've been tucked away since your ...