Matt Hickman is an associate editor at The Architect’s Newspaper. His writing has been featured in Curbed, Apartment Therapy, URBAN-X, and more. You may go through your closet and get rid of clothes ...

Spices are the backbone of Indian cooking. They are the soul of flavourful sambars, curries, chaats, and even chutneys. And dry roasting spices — heating them gently in a pan without oil — is a method ...

Spices aren’t for special occasions, and they’re not doing you any favors languishing in your kitchen cabinet. Whenever you’re seasoning with salt and pepper, that’s an opportunity to introduce a dry ...

IDUKKI, India — Spices grown in the mist-shrouded Western Ghats mountain range here have fueled wars, fortunes and even the discovery of continents, and for thousands of years farmers harvested them ...