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Old terraced olive grove with low silvery trees and dry-stone walls on stony ground below distant hills

Arbequina Olive: What the Name Guarantees, and ...

Arbequina is the small Catalan olive behind two protected designations and a great many anonymous hedgerow bottles. What the cultivar actually is, what the Les Garrigues and Siurana registers require,...

Arbequina Olive: What the Name Guarantees, and ...

Arbequina is the small Catalan olive behind two protected designations and a great many anonymous hedgerow bottles. What the cultivar actually is, what the Les Garrigues and Siurana registers require,...

Heap of hard angular golden-brown fenugreek seeds on dark slate with two slender dried curved pods

Foenum Graecum: The Latin Behind Fenugreek, and...

Foenum graecum is half of a botanical name: Trigonella foenum-graecum L., or fenugreek. What the Latin means, why the same plant is written four different ways depending on the register,...

Foenum Graecum: The Latin Behind Fenugreek, and...

Foenum graecum is half of a botanical name: Trigonella foenum-graecum L., or fenugreek. What the Latin means, why the same plant is written four different ways depending on the register,...

Pale ceramic bowl of glossy dark blackcurrants on a weathered grey table with split berries beside

Blackcurrant Seed: The Seed Itself, Not the Oil...

Blackcurrant seed means two different things, and the search results never separate them. What the seed physically is, why the juice industry produces thousands of tonnes of it, whether you...

Blackcurrant Seed: The Seed Itself, Not the Oil...

Blackcurrant seed means two different things, and the search results never separate them. What the seed physically is, why the juice industry produces thousands of tonnes of it, whether you...

Two heaps of black and ivory sesame seeds on dark slate beside a small brass dish

Black Sesame Seeds in Urdu: Kaale Til, and the ...

Black sesame seeds in Urdu are kaale til. The trouble starts because a second Urdu word, kalonji, gets the same English label — black seed. Two words, two plants, no...

Black Sesame Seeds in Urdu: Kaale Til, and the ...

Black sesame seeds in Urdu are kaale til. The trouble starts because a second Urdu word, kalonji, gets the same English label — black seed. Two words, two plants, no...

Small greyish-brown kidney-shaped seeds heaped in a shallow stone dish beside a plain wooden spoon

Ambrette Seeds: What They Are and What They Are...

Ambrette seeds come from Abelmoschus moschatus, a tropical mallow in the same genus as okra, and their musky odour has made them a perfumery material for centuries. What the plant...

Ambrette Seeds: What They Are and What They Are...

Ambrette seeds come from Abelmoschus moschatus, a tropical mallow in the same genus as okra, and their musky odour has made them a perfumery material for centuries. What the plant...

Shallow dish of fine dark seed powder beside a heap of matte black sesame seeds on pale stone

Black Sesame Seed Extract: What You Are Actuall...

Black sesame seed extract almost always means a powder standardised to sesamin — and sesamin is not what makes black sesame black. What the percentage on a specification sheet actually...

Black Sesame Seed Extract: What You Are Actuall...

Black sesame seed extract almost always means a powder standardised to sesamin — and sesamin is not what makes black sesame black. What the percentage on a specification sheet actually...