Spice Guide

When you start cooking, it can be a little daunting especially if you are not quite sure what herbs or spices you can use in your recipe to elevate the flavors of your dish.

Not knowing your herbs or spices can cause you to leave them out of your dishes thus starving your dishes of some wonderful flavours.

Understanding herbs and spices, the additional flavor they can bring to your dishes will give you great confidence and absolutely enhance your cooking skills. 

I have listed some of the basic herbs and spices that can bring your and dished alive, most of which can be found including a list of spices to help you brighten your food, many of which you can find at your local superstore

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Derives from the pea-size berry of the evergreen pimento tree, which is native to the West Indies and South America.

As Jamaica provides most of the world’s Allspice, it is commonly referred to as “Jamaica Pepper.”

This spice can be purchased either as a whole berry, or ground into a powder.

Allspice, in fact, is not a combination of several (all) spices but instead tastes like a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.

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Both the anise leaf and anise seed have a liquorice flavour. The anise seed is oval in shape and greenish-brown in colour.

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