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allspice 59 pairings

The dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica — a Jamaican native named by English colonists for its combined aroma of cloves, cinnamon, and pepper. The essential s…

apples 127 pairings

The fruit of Malus domestica — with flavor shaped by balance of sugars (primarily fructose, sucrose, glucose) and malic acid, plus esters (hexyl acetate and ot…

basil 96 pairings

The most aromatic of Mediterranean herbs, with a perfumed sweetness built on linalool and eugenol. Central to Italian tomato sauce, Genovese pesto, and Thai st…

beets 109 pairings

An earthy root vegetable whose natural sweetness is anchored by geosmin — the same compound behind petrichor. Excellent roasted, pickled, or raw; particularly…

cardamom 62 pairings

One of the most aromatic spices in the world — a green seed pod containing seeds dominated by cineole (eucalyptus), linalool (floral), and terpinen-4-ol. Bridg…

cinnamon 94 pairings

One of the oldest traded spices — the aromatic inner bark of Cinnamomum trees, with a flavor dominated by cinnamaldehyde that ranges from sweet, clean, and del…

fennel 109 pairings

A versatile plant providing three distinct culinary products: the crisp, anise-flavored bulb used as a vegetable; the feathery fronds used as a herb; and the s…

ginger 132 pairings

A rhizome with a complex, layered flavor — fresh ginger has bright, citrus-forward heat from gingerols; dried and ground ginger has a different, warmer, earthi…

honey 86 pairings

Flower nectar concentrated by bees through evaporation to approximately 80% sugar — with additional enzymes, organic acids, and volatile aromatic compounds tha…

lemons 117 pairings

The most important acid-brightening ingredient in European cooking — with both the bright malic-citric acid in the juice and the intensely aromatic volatile oi…