Whether you're preparing a simple fruit cup or a more elaborate fruit salad, sumac adds an unexpected zing that will entice your family and friends and wow them. This vibrant, tartish spice is derived ...

For many of us, something red on our plate signals to our palates either sweetness (as with strawberries or raspberries) or spiciness (usually chillies). But sumac has neither of those flavours: it is ...

Pulverized dried sumac berries form the bright and tangy spice, popular in Middle Eastern cuisines—but sumac can do more than lend a tart earthy essence to meals. It is packed with an array of ...

1) The lettuces in this salad are merely a suggestion. There should be a mix of 3 or 4 different kinds of lettuce; whatever is seasonal or available at the farmers market works best. 2) Wash and dry ...

A wild flowering bush with very sour berries is the source of this vibrant spice. Those berries are dried, ground, then sifted to obtain what’s recognized as sumac spice across the Arab and ...

Twelve years ago when the Younis brothers opened Café Aladdin at 530 6th Ave. N. in Fargo, I wrote a story about their restaurant. It was then that I learned about sumac, a Middle Eastern spice. Sumac ...

We all have them, lurking in the forgotten recesses of our kitchens: old racks of even older spices. Unused herbs, overlooked seeds, bottles of colored dust, labels faded. But read Ana Sortun’s debut ...