Spice Storage

February 17, 2015 posted in Food

STORING YOUR SPICES We are often asked about the best way to store your Herbie’s spices, and how long they will last. Here are a few handy tips for making sure your spice collection is as fresh and as flavoursome as it should be: When spices are dried, enzymes in them actually create the volatile oils that give spices their flavour. A vanilla bean

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Much Ado About Curries

February 03, 2015 posted in Herb and Spice Bible

Much Ado About Curries Curries are one of my favourite ways to enjoy spices, and here’s why; Ever since my first visit to India in 1986 I have been addicted to curries. Contrary to popular opinion, my love for curries is based on their wonderful complexity of flavours, and the spicy heat hit takes a backseat on this taste adventure. Besides dining or getting

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Christmas sorted – buy online from Herbie’s our two BRAND NEW Kits

December 08, 2014 posted in Herbie's Spices

Ian “Herbie” Hemphill’s knowledge of herbs and spices is second-to-none. Consequently, with his wife and business partner Liz, they’ve created a fantastic range of spice kits, ideal for creating festive parties with a difference and also as gifts! “Each Christmas we find people visiting or contacting the store, saying they’d like something “different” to give a friend, colleague or loved one and we often

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NEWSLETTER: Summer 2014/2015

December 01, 2014 posted in Newsletters

The Spice and Herb Bible – 3rd Edition Ta Daaah! The latest edition of Ian’s hugely successful book has arrived on our shores! Here’s the story in case you find the name change confusing:Spice Notes (Australia) was published in Canada as The Spice and Herb Bible. Spice Notes and Recipes (Australia) was The Spice and Herb Bible – 2nd Edition. As Spice Notes and

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Here, there and everywhere!

November 24, 2014 posted in Book Tour

We’ve been on the road travelling promoting the new Spice and Herb Bible and visiting the winners of our Social Media competition on Maleny, QLD and Rosebud, VIC. We also had a fantastic evening at 3 Weeds Rozelle which highlighted our new book and our product range. Head to our Facebook page to view images from these events and find out details about our final events for

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Za’atar Crisps Recipe from our new PLENTY of Flavour Spice Kit

November 05, 2014 posted in Herbie's Spices

From our newest kit, released for Christmas 2014 comes this delicious and very morish crisp recipe. Enjoy! Za’atar Crisps 2 large flatbreads olive oil spray 1-2 Tbs za’atar – Herbie’s Spices Plenty of Flavour Kit Preheat oven to 200 C. Using scissors or a pizza cutter, cut each flatbread into wedges, and place them on an oven tray. Spray each piece of flatbread with olive

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NEWSLETTER: Spring 2014

September 01, 2014 posted in Newsletters

Huacatay or Stinking Roger When Liz was a child in Queensland, she played in an area where the weed, Stinking Roger, grew in wild proliferation. Perhaps some of you know it … a tall, single-stemmed, shallow-rooted, lanky plant with soft frondy leaves that smell strongly of marigold? We have noticed the spread of these plants southwards, and they now grow happily on the roadsides

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NEWSLETTER: Winter 2014

June 01, 2014 posted in Newsletters

Spice Tonic Gets Larger! Goodie goodie! We have been surprised by the immediate acceptance of our Spice Tonic, a combination of all the “good guys” of the spice world. Whilst we are firmly in the culinary world, and definitely NOT medicinal, we can’t help but notice that medical researchers are singing the praises of turmeric for its anti-inflammatory properties, cinnamon as an aid for

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NEWSLETTER: Autumn 2014

March 01, 2014 posted in Newsletters

As the summer season draws to a close, we find ourselves contemplating seasonal menus. Naturally, seasons dictate the fruits and vegetables that appear on our tables, although worldwide trade of fresh produce ensures that we no longer have to wait for spring to find asparagus, or for summer to get our stone fruits. Looking beyond seasonal produce, we are in the habit of eating

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NEWSLETTER: Summer 2013/2014

December 01, 2013 posted in Newsletters

Visit to the Greek Island of Chios Our visit to the mastic producers on the Greek island of Chios was a great learning experience. Although, naturally, our interest is in mastic’s use as a food, it is also valued for its use in varnish for musical instruments, as a paint stabilizer, and an ingredient in cosmetics, soaps and insecticides, amongst other things. Also hailed

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NEWSLETTER: Spring 2013

September 01, 2013 posted in Newsletters

Vanilla Products As winter fades into memory, we are reminded that life is sweet. Now sweet things, like salty things, are both good guys and bad guys in the dietary world, so the line we’re walking on this is moderation. As our grandparents would have said, a bit of what you fancy does you good. We have three new products for when you are

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NEWSLETTER: Winter 2013

June 01, 2013 posted in Newsletters

Food Quality in Australia Have you been finding pantry moths a pest at your house? These pesky little creatures seem to appear like magic: what is perfectly silky-smooth flour one day transforms into a webby moth habitat in the blink of an eye, even when totally airtight! We all ask ourselves how this can happen, and as it turns out, we have only ourselves

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NEWSLETTER: Autumn 2013

March 01, 2013 posted in Newsletters

Travel We’ve been busy during the summer months, firstly with a visit to the Spice Islands within the Banda Sea of Indonesia. Tiny islands, such as Run, Ternate, Tidore, Saparua and Ai, were once the only places in the world to have clove and nutmeg trees, and spice-growing is still the major industry of there. In this active volcanic area, most of the islands

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