Spice Mixes

The Blending of Spices gives a dish its character, complexity and distinctive flavour. It is a fascinating subject and practice, one that provides constant challenges and helps personalise your cooking through the myriad nuances of taste and texture that can be achieved. Experiment with the intricacies of spice chemistry until the blending becomes instinctive, and know that a properly spiced dish should ‘taste awake but not angry’, as Bruce Cost writes in his book Ginger East to West. Then you will enjoy one of the most pleasant of culinary euphorias: the harmony of flavours.