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In practice, most cooks keep their flavorings at room temperature. As long as they aren’t regularly exposed to strong light, whole spices keep well for a year, and ground spices for a few months.
Harold McGee • On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
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What’s the difference between herbs and spices? Herbs are the leaves and stems of plants. Spices include all the other parts: bark, fruit, buds, seeds, roots. That’s the difference! That’s it!
Hilah Johnson • Learn To Cook: A Down and Dirty Guide to Cooking (For People Who Never Learned How)
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If our nose is blocked by a cold or pinching fingers, it’s hard to tell the difference between an apple and a pear. So most of what we experience as flavor is odor, or aroma. Herbs and spices heighten flavor by adding their characteristic aroma molecules.
Harold McGee • On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
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