No other restaurant in Portland approaches the mastery of rice on display at Pure Spice Chinese restaurant. Almost everywhere else, rice dough comes dry, stickily starchy or offensively limp—so ...

Two of Portland's favorite dim sum spots—HK Cafe and Pure Spice—have been offering takeout ... sum presents a feast of tiny white cardboard boxes with steamy treasures inside.

I usually lean toward making tinctures or syrups because of pure economics: Spices, sugar and a little ... blocks of ice from this magical metal box?” “How does this humming wheel make food ...

If you opened a package from Penzeys Spices over the past few days and found a box with 27 sachets of a seasoning blend called “Resist! Keep America Alive” that you didn’t remember ordering, you’re ...

To ensure that your spices are pure and free from contaminants, here are five easy tests you can perform right in your kitchen. Begin by visually inspecting your spices. Examine the colour ...