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Modern Spice: Inspired Indian Flavors for the Contemporary Kitchen
Wonderful new cookbook by Monica Bhide. If you want to start using spices, but don’t know where to start, Monica’s recipes are simple with amazing flavor. • $19.84 • Order at Amazon.com
Krups GX4100 Electric Coffee and Spice Grinder
I usually buy my spice whole when I can find them, and then use this product to grind the spice. Its a great kitchen gadget. Freshly ground spices fill the house with amazing aroma, and the dish tastes so much more flavorful. • Order at Amazon.com
YouCopia Super SpiceStack 27-Bottle Organizer, white
This is a great space saver for your herbs and spices bottles. • $38.98 • Order at Amazon.com
Kuhn Rikon Vase Seasoning Grinder, Stainless
I’m in love! This spice grinder not only looks amazing, but does a great job of grinding spices! • $29.95 • Order at Amazon.com
The Spice Bible: Essential Information and More Than 250 Recipes Using Spices, Spice Mixes, and Spice Pastes
This is one of my favorite spice cookbooks, the photos are beautiful, great layout, and provides an easy understanding of spices. • $21.45 • Order at Amazon.com
Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon
This is a wonderful book that has detailed description of middle eastern cooking. One of the best books I have found out there about the region. The recipes from Lebanon remind me of my grandma’s cooking. • $25 • Order at Amazon.com
Calculated Industries KitchenCalc 8305 PRO Master Chef Edition Recipe Conversion Calculator with Dual Digital Timer
This is a god send. Here’s why: It allows you to scale recipes up or down, easily calculating increases and decreases in portions. If you have a European cookbook or two, it cuts through all that metric confusion – converting weights and measures quickly in fractions or decimals. Enter and convert between teaspoons, tablespoons, fluid ounces, pints, millimeters, even dashes and pinches! • $34.95 • Order at Amazon.com
Le Creuset Stoneware 20-Ounce Mortar and Pestle, Cherry
This is a great gift for someone who has everything. I have gifted this to several of my friends, in different colors. They all say “I have always wanted one!”. It looks beautiful, and has a solid feel when you grind your spices. • $44.95 • Order at Amazon.com
Williams-Sonoma New Flavors for Appetizers: Classic Recipes Redefined (New Flavors For Series)
A great new cookbook by Amy Sherman, friend and food blogger. I’m always stumped for appetizer ideas. Amy has great suggestions for entertaining. • $16.69 • Order at Amazon.com
Hot Paprika/Pimenton
This is the third member of the pimentón triumvirate. Several peppers are milled together to make a decidedly tangy, piquant flavor. • Order at Amazon.com
Le Creuset 2 ¾ Qt Oval French Oven, Dune
I really like the brand of Le Creuset. I was given this one for my birthday in February, and it’s my first choice to use out of the selection of the other pots and pans. • Order at Amazon.com
Mae Ploy Thai Green Curry Paste – 14 oz jar
This green curry paste is amazing. I have used it for many years now, and it’s an excellent alternative to making your own. Just be careful not to add too much as its strong! I have red, yellow and green curry in my pantry. • $5.69 • Order at Amazon.com
Mae Ploy Thai Red Curry Paste – 14 ounce per jar
This red curry is delicious, especially for those cold winter nights, when nothing satisfies more than a spicy, tasty curry. I use this all the time, and highly recommend it. • $5.69 • Order at Amazon.com
Le Creuset Silicone 7-Piece Utensil Set, Cherry
This is a great space saver, I only started putting all my kitchen spatula’s in one place recently. It makes a big difference! I know where everything is, and looks neat and tidy. • $69.99 • Order at Amazon.com
Olde Thompson 25-680 20-Jar Stainless-Steel Spice Rack with Spices
This looks great on the counter. Easy access to all your spices. • $53.98 • Order at Amazon.com
Nikon 24-85mm f/2.8-4.0D IF AF Zoom Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR Cameras
Great camera to take close ups of food but also scenery. • $669.95 • Order at Amazon.com
5 Spices, 50 Dishes: Simple Indian Recipes Using Five Common Spices
The premise is simple. 5 every day spices, create 50 recipes! Great book to have on hand to use up all those spices sitting in your pantry. • $13.30 • Order at Amazon.com
Esalen Cookbook
Filled with beautiful photographs, this cookbook features dozens of delicious recipes that emphasize healthy, fresh, and organic ingredients-food made to satisfy the soul as well as the stomach. It also includes cooking tips, instructions on making many of the recipes into vegetarian versions, and even some of the history and lore of Esalen itself. • $24.15 • Order at Amazon.com
Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry
Great book on cloud computing • $18.93 • Order at Amazon.com
