My first real food craving was for Lizet’s sweet bread. Lizet Catita cleaned our Toronto home when I was little, and she often treated my family to her delicious sweet bread made with anise seed. I ...

Arepas are delicious corn griddle cakes popular in Colombia and Venezuela. Arepas are prepared with masarepa, a special pre-cooked corn flour. This anise version make a wonderful breakfast served with ...

In food processor, combine flour, sugar, milk, egg, margarine or butter, baking powder, anise and cinnamon. Process until combined. Pour mixture into greased 9-inch by 5-inch (23-cm by 13-cm) loaf pan ...

From the look of it, you might think star anise belongs in a potpourri bowl and not a soup bowl. But you would be wrong. Star anise has a licorice-like aroma and an enticing warm, spicy-sweet flavor ...

Star anise is a name appropriate for both the shape and flavour of this dried spice. Each hard, reddish-brown 'star' has eight petals, each of which contains a single, shiny seed. The sweet, anise ...

These two spices are often mistaken for each other, but they couldn't be more different. Star anise and anise seed come from different plants and regions. Star anise is the fruit of a Chinese ...

Anise has long held pride of place as a savoury spice as well as a powerful antidote in cultures from Egypt to Greece, Italy and beyond Coffee has always been my beverage of choice, but two winters ...

Star anise is a small, star shaped fruit growing on an evergreen plant, Illicium verumwith. A native from southern China, star anise has a licorice like taste and lends a soft, exotic taste to a meal, ...