Your pantry is home to many dried foods, which can make it a prime target for pests. Sometimes when you bring food home from the store, it is already infested with bugs. Other times, if food is left ...

Unlock the flavor of these versatile leaves. There are two primary types of culinary bay leaves — Turkish and Californian. Turkish bay leaves come from the bay laurel tree (also called true laurel and ...

If you cook regularly, you have probably come across a recipe that calls for a bay leaf and thought, "Do I need to spend $7 on a jar just for one bay leaf?" "Are the ones I have had in the spice ...

Bay leaves are somewhat of an unsung hero when it comes to herbs and spices. Often overlooked or tossed aside, bay leaves ...

On the Portuguese island of Madeira, espetadas are made by threading chunks of beef onto fresh-cut branches of bay and cooking the skewers over the embers of a fire. The bay infuses the meat with its ...