Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Life without a little spice can be bland, and the same goes for our food. Depending on what's for dinner, we're tossing in a ...

Star anise, with its sweet-licorice warmth, bridges savory and sweet cooking in ways few spices can. From Vietnamese bò kho to Chinese five-spice, it adds depth, aroma, and complexity. Whether whole ...

Star anise, a star-shaped fruit most often found dried, is a versatile aromatic. It’s used in sweet and savory foods and drinks, and chefs and other people who love it say it adds nuance and a bit ...

This sauce — a dark, star anise-spiced caramel intermingled with rice wine, soy sauce, ginger and scallions — builds sweet, acidic and umami notes as it coats and infuses tofu. Sichuan hui guo rou, or ...

Star anise is one of those quiet kitchen staples that many of us take for granted. You drop a couple of those pretty star-shaped pods into a pot of broth or chai and suddenly the whole house smells ...

Life without a little spice can be bland, and the same goes for our food. Depending on what's for dinner, we're tossing in a little homemade taco seasoning, a spice blend on a rack of ribs about to go ...