What to Use When You Have No Cloves
You are halfway through a pot of mulled cider, or a baked ham is waiting for its glaze, and then you open the spice drawer and find the...
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Tag Archives: clove
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Oct
The Studded Onion: The Oldest Trick for Using Whole Cloves
If you have ever bitten into a whole clove hiding in a spoonful of stew, you already know why cooks invented the onion studded with clo...
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Oct
Cloves in Mulled Wine, Cider and Tea
The first time I made mulled wine, I tossed in a spoonful of ground cloves because it was what I had in the cupboard. The result was gr...
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Oct
How Many Cloves Should You Actually Use?
Almost everyone who cooks with cloves has had the same quiet disaster at least once: a pot of rice that smells wonderful for the first ...
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Oct
Cloves and Children: What Is Reasonable
Before you read any further, please speak with your child’s pediatrician or dentist before using clove oil in any form. If your child h...
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Oct
Clove Health Claims: Which Ones Have Evidence Behind Them
Open any wellness site and cloves are a miracle: they cure toothaches, lower fevers, repel mosquitoes, and even fix your blood sugar. O...
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Clove Oil Safety: Who Should Not Use It
Clove oil has sat in kitchen cabinets and bathroom drawers for generations, and most people reach for it the same way: a sudden ache, a...
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Oct
Cloves vs Allspice: Two Spices People Keep Confusing
If you have ever opened a jar of ground allspice and thought, “this smells exactly like cloves,” you are in good company, because even ...
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Oct
The Spice Blends That Depend on Cloves
Open the spice drawer of almost any kitchen in the world and you will find a blend that quietly leans on cloves, even if the label neve...
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Oct
Why a Clove Is Called a Clove, and What Gillyflower Has to Do With It
Pick up a whole clove and hold it in your palm. You’ll see a small, dark, rough stem topped with a tiny ball, and it looks a lot like a...