We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sumac is a spice that has been gaining wider visibility over the past couple of decades. It's long been very popular in Mediterranean and ...

Take inspiration from Middle Eastern spices when cooking up your next fish dinner. Kory Foltz, Executive Chef at Sunseeker Resort in Charlotte Harbor, Florida has a few savory suggestions if you're ...

For many of us, something red on our plate signals to our palates either sweetness (as with strawberries or raspberries) or spiciness (usually chillies). But sumac has neither of those flavours: it is ...

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 ...

The Arab Spring of the spice world is upon us. My favorite food trend for 2012 is the gentle invasion of American pantries by old world spices. Vying for the attention that all good spices deserve are ...

This round of recipes goes all in on big flavors. By Mia Leimkuhler Christian Reynoso’s mapo tofu scramble.Credit...Bryan Gardner for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Greg Lofts. I am mad for mapo ...

There are many reasons why we love to visit our families in Israel. The main one, of course, is to see our parents and siblings. Then there is the familiar scent of home-cooked food made with those ...

While sumac as a spice remains associated with the Middle East, North America is in fact home to several deliciously edible species. Native Americans have long been using these sumacs, whose sour ...