PANTRY -
Anise
Ingredients: Anise
An aromatic seed that can be used as a cooking spice. It has a sweet yet licorice-like flavor.
Egypt and the Middle East
The plant traveled throughout the Mediterranean region and Asia Minor and became established in Greece by the 4th century BCE.
Confectioners in Mexico used toasted anise as their signature flavor in wedding cookies.
“Anise” from the Silk Routes project (2015-2020) https://iwp.uiowa.edu/silkroutes/anise
The Oxford Companion to Food. 3rd ed., by Alan Davidson and edited by Tom Jaine (2014)
An aromatic seed that can be used as a cooking spice. It has a sweet yet licorice-like flavor.
Egypt and the Middle East.
The plant traveled throughout the Mediterranean region and Asia Minor and became established in Greece by the 4th century BCE.
Confectioners in Mexico used toasted anise as their signature flavor in wedding cookies.
“Anise” from the Silk Routes project (2015-2020)
https://iwp.uiowa.edu/silkroutes/anise
The Oxford Companion to Food. 3rd ed., by Alan Davidson and edited by Tom Jaine (2014)