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Alpinia galanga, also called greater galangal, lengkuas, Siamese ginger or laos; Alpinia officinarum, or lesser galangal; Boesenbergia rotunda, also called Chinese ginger or fingerroot; Kaempferia galanga, also called kencur, black galangal or sand ginger
Lengkuas is native to South and Southeast Asia. Its original center of cultivation during the spice trade was Java, and today it is still cultivated extensively in Island Southeast Asia, most notably in the Greater Sunda Islands and the Philippines. Its cultivation has also spread into Mainland Southeast Asia, most notably Thailand.
Kaempferia galanga is used as a spice in cooking in Indonesia, where it is called kencur ('cekur' in Malaysia), and especially in Javanese and Balinese cuisines. Beras kencur, which combines dried K. galanga powder with rice flour, is a particularly popular jamu herbal drink.
A spice market in Istanbul Night spice market in Casablanca. This is a list of culinary herbs and spices.Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring.
In 1957, William Penzey Sr. and Ruth Ann Penzey opened a coffee and spice business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which came to be called The Spice House. [3] Their son, William Penzey Jr. (Bill), began working in the business as a youth.
Oliver George Gleichenhaus (September 30, 1911 – January 10, 1991) named the "re-inventor" of the hamburger, [1] was an American restaurateur, best known for his small Miami Beach, Florida, restaurant "Ollie's Sandwich Shop", [2] located at Third Avenue and 23rd Street, [3] where in the mid-1930s, he created his signature "Ollie Burger" which he prepared with his secret blend of 23 herbs and ...
A small jar of homemade Gulf-style baharat. Bahārāt (Arabic: بَهَارَات; 'spices') is a spice mixture or blend used in Middle Eastern cuisines.The mixture of finely ground spices is often used to season lamb and mutton, fish, chicken, beef, anise, and soups, and may also be used as a condiment.
Indonesian cuisine is a collection of various regional culinary traditions that formed in the archipelagic nation of Indonesia.There are a wide variety of recipes and cuisines in part because Indonesia is composed of approximately 6,000 populated islands of the total 17,508 in the world's largest archipelago, [1] [2] with more than 600 ethnic groups.