We tend to remember it around Christmas. It's a key component of gingerbread spice, known for its intense aroma and distinctive shape. It's not difficult to guess which spice we're talking about.

I love the intense, licorice-y flavour of aniseed, although it’s not a spice everyone appreciates. To me, it seems a little old-fashioned, perhaps because of the vintage-looking packaging of ...

Star anise is a striking spice, both in appearance and taste. In Cantonese, it is called bat gok (eight angles, or corners), although it sometimes has more or fewer than eight points making up the ...