Cinnamon
Dr. Bird Cake
Also known as the hummingbird cake, this sweet and spiced cake originated in Jamaica.
By Riaz Phillips
Smoked Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes get a subtle smoky flavor that's delicious with a brown sugar butter drizzle.
By Derek Wolf
Puff Puff
As the name suggests, West Africa’s most popular form of fried dough is essentially a delectable fried pillow of airy dough.
By Kwame Onwuachi
Turn Your Pineapple Peels Into Delicious, Boozy Tepache
Call it the original low-alcohol option: This easy ferment makes use of your fruit scraps and a handful of warm spices to produce a delicious and refreshing mixer.
By Paola Briseño-González
You Don’t Need Yeast to Make Delicious Cinnamon Rolls
Anyone want cinnamon rolls…now?
By Tiffany Hopkins
Quick and Easy Cinnamon Buns
This easy recipe skips the yeast in favor of baking powder and baking soda to create soft, pillowy, flawlessly sweet wheels that get topped with a tangy buttermilk glaze.
By Rosie Reynolds
A Little Smoke
Enjoy your bourbon enhanced with a touch of chocolate and sweet-and-savory spice notes. This cocktail is great with barbecue.
There's Black History in Every Pinch of Kitchen Pepper
Once an integral part of the American culinary experience, this customizable blend has been too long absent from the discussion of the world’s great spice mixes.
By Ramin Ganeshram
Niter Kibbeh
A cornerstone of Ethiopian cooking, this clarified butter is infused with spices and herbs native the region, giving it unique flavor and aroma.
By Cheryl Slocum
Shaah Cadays (Somali Spiced Tea With Milk)
Essentially Somali chai, this spiced tea with milk is served most often during the Somali afternoon tea tradition known as casariya.
By Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen
Gelatina de Mosaico
This mosaic jello uses gelatina de leche as a base in which colorful cubes of three other gelatin flavors are suspended. If you’re having a birthday party, use small cups instead of a baking dish for individually portioned treats!
By Esteban Castillo
Raw, Unroasted Curry Powder (Amu Thuna Paha Kudu)
Sinhalese unroasted curry powder is called amu thuna paha (literally, raw three-five). The name refers to the three to five spices that unroasted curry powder traditionally contains. The three essential spice seeds include cumin seeds, fennel seeds, and coriander seeds, and additional curry leaves and/or pandanus leaves, and cinnamon bark.
By Ruwanmali Samarakoon-Amunugama
Cinnamon Streusel Babke
June Edelmuth has become known all over Sydney for this legendary bread. The deliciously dense cinnamon and sugar-swirled babke honors the memory of June's Russian grandmother, Minka.
By Monday Morning Cooking Club
Iced Café de Olla
I love the flavor of orange zest and spices in a café de olla, so I created a concentrated syrup that is ready on demand to flavor any cold brew. Coconuts are grown all along the Pacific coast of Mexico; use coconut milk to add richness and even more tropical flavor.
By Rick Martinez
Sorrel (Hibiscus) Tea
This tea is brilliantly red and sweet-tart, with a delicious bite from ginger and aromas of clove and citrus
By Toni Tipton-Martin
Cinnamon-Date Sticky Buns
These fluffy buttermilk rolls are filled with a cinnamon-scented date purée to capture all that sticky bun glory without being overly sweet.
By Sohla El-Waylly
Cashew Horchata (Horchata de Nuez de la India)
This version of horchata mixes both the nut version and the rice version in what is a creamy, rich, and very satisfying drink.
By Enrique Olvera, Peter Meehan, Daniela Soto-Innes, Gonzalo Goût, and Luis Arellano
Broccoli and Spam Stir-Fry
In this Thai-inspired stir-fry, a quick sear gives Spam a crispy yet melt-in-your-mouth texture, and a finishing drizzle of vinaigrette balances the salty rich ham with an herbaceous lift.
By Kendra Vaculin
Cinnamon Sugar Sourdough Waffles
One of the easiest ways to use leftover sourdough starter is to make waffles. Crispy on the outside and light and fluffy in the middle, these cinnamon sugar waffles are incredible.
By Emilie Raffa
Savory-to-Sweet Coffee Spice Mix
Use this coffee spice mix as a dry rub on chicken, steak, pork chops, or carrots for dinner, or fold into chocolate chip cookies, coffee cake, ice cream, and more for dessert—it plays happily on both sides of the field.
By Tara O'Brady