Whether making a dry rub for barbecue or warming up a batch of mulled cider for a holiday spread, you'll find plenty of reasons to use allspice in the kitchen. This berry, which has a warm, spiced ...

Allspice comes from a tropical evergreen tree. It’s native to Central America and the West Indies, but is used around the world in just about every culture’s cuisine. The spice itself is the unripe, ...

Allspice is a victim of its own name. You can’t blame someone for seeing the word “allspice” and thinking that it is a blend of many spices — or even all spices. It’s a natural assumption. But ...

Allspice is the berries of the Pimenta dioica plant, a tree native to Jamaica, Southern Mexico, and Central America. The berries, which resemble oversized peppercorns, are harvested while still green, ...

If you thought allspice was a premade blend of spices, you’re not alone. Allspice — also known as Jamaican pepper, pimienta, or newspice — is a single spice with a unique flavor profile described as a ...

What is allspice? For starters: It’s versatile. It swings sweet and savory. It refuses to be put in a box (except literally, of course, to be mailed to your door). Whenever my pumpkin pies, pickling ...

Because of its name, I used to think allspice was a mixture akin to five-spice, ras el hanout, quatre epices and shichimi. It does actually taste somewhat like a blend of strong, aromatic spices such ...

No allspice? Here's what to use instead. Allspice might sound like a mix of different spices all put together, but it's actually the dried berries of the Pimenta dioica plant. With a warming, aromatic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you aren't familiar with allspice yet, you probably should be: Its warm, complex flavor profile and subtle heat make it a ...