Cookbook Giveaway: Spice Odyssey

jpegThe cookbook, “Spice Odyssey” by Paul Merrett (Kyle Books, $24.95) offers exotic recipes from all parts of the globe.  Paul Merrett is a Michelin-starred chef and food TV personality who was born on the spice island of Zanzibar.  He gained two Michelin stars at the London restaurants L’interlude and The Greenhouse. He has appeared on several BBC food shows such as “Market Kitchen,” “Sunday Feast,” and “Saturday Kitchen.”

Amid the recipes for Hot & Sour Seafood Broth, Blackened Chicken, After Work Stovetop Biriyani, Mango and Almond Tart and  Butternut and Tofu Laska, he talks about his travels to African spice markets and Asian spice gardens.

He also presents information on storage, buying grinding and dry-frying spices, and putting together rubs and marinades.

There are lots of beautiful photos in this hardcover cookbook, and you can almost smell the aromatic spices as you thumb through the pages —Nutmeg, mace, ginger, lemongrass, chiles, coriander, cloves, star anise, cumin, turmeric and others.

If you’d like to enter the drawing for this book, please post a comment on this blog telling me your favorite spice.  Please leave an identifying name other than Anonymous.  On Sept. 4, I’ll draw out the name of a winner and announce it on my blog and on Facebook. It will be up to the winner to email me their snail mail address where I can send the book.

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