Spice
Spice is an ingredient that adds flavor to food. It is usually used to enrich or alter the quality of something. Spices can be used to give food an interesting and exciting taste.
Examples of a spice would be cinnamon, fenugreek and nutmeg.
Spices can also be used to hide or cover up bad tastes in food which is rotten or affected by fungi, e.g. marzipan.
Indians use a lot of spices like garam masala.
Spice Media
Spices at a central market in Agadir, Morocco
A group of Indian herbs and spices in bowls
Spices of Saúde flea market, São Paulo, Brazil
"The Mullus" harvesting pepper. Illustration from a French edition of The Travels of Marco Polo.
Turmeric powder, mustard seeds, chilli powder, cumin seeds
A plate of Indian herbs and spices
A shelf of common spices for a home kitchen in Canada or the United States
A spice rack with cooking utensils
A wooden pepper mill made by Peugeot of France.
Spices and herbs at a shop in Goa, India
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