Recipes

Since I get such wonderful spices from The Spice House, I am always looking for ways to use them up and make new rubs or combos. Here is one that...

Although this recipe is basic to Ethiopian cooking, it tastes wonderful on many things: steamed vegetables, mashed potatoes, steamed rice, and can be used to add extra flavor to many...

The non-specific amounts in this recipe are because each Ethiopian cook has her own variation of this basic spice blend. Feel free to vary amounts to your own taste.

Having served as a foster parent for a number of Ethiopian young people during the 90's, I was lucky enough to get this Ethiopian berbere paste recipe. I'll warn you...it's...

This Middle-Eastern version of pesto is quick to whip up.

I've used this recipe for several Spice House functions, and we always get requests for the recipe. The secret is the layering of different ginger flavors. They're spicy, but so...

Quick and Delicious Appetizer. Great for that last minute dish to take to a party, or when guests pop by. My first sampling of Spice House spices was eating this...

We made these for holiday craft projects in grade school. They also doubled as inexpensive handmade gifts.

This is from Aunt Doris (Macak). Great on a cold winter day when your craving something off the grill.

From the Great Scandinavian Baking Book by Beatrice Ojakangas. (As taught in a class for Gallery 37's World Kitchen by our good friend Judith Dunbar Hines) Cardamom is a sweet...

This lovely recipe is adapted from "The Great Scandinavian Baking Book" by Beatrice Ojakangas.

I was watching a DVD and found this puerco/cochinita pibil recipe as part of the special features. I was intrigued by the role the food played.

Hot and spicy!

This recipe is an update of a chai recipe my mother gave me years ago. We have both spent the past 2 years improving upon the original recipe. Our whole...

These cookies have gone through several incarnations. Cindy Wallner sent us the recipe that her mother adapted from Bon Appétit, March 2000. She says "These are the best, snappiest ginger...