Smoked paprika is no stranger to meat and can elevate everything from beef to chicken. One of the best ways to pair this spice with your favorite meats is to integrate it into a dry rub.

Think about your spice rack, for instance. Jars hold dried herbs and spices from plant parts. Cumin comes from seeds, ginger from roots. Cinnamon is made from bark.

¼ teaspoon cinnamon. ¼ teaspoon dried oregano. ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil. 8 boneless chicken thighs. Canola oil or grapeseed oil for grilling. Directions: ...

The smoky oil is perfect for drizzling over vegetables, hummus or anything you’d normally add paprika to. Tips for buying and storing smoked paprika Quality matters when buying this ground spice.

Smoky Hot Pork Chops with Cool Cucumber-Tomato Salad. Serves: 4. Ingredients. Smoky Hot Pork Chops. 4 New York pork chops (thick-cut boneless, top loin, about 1½-inches thick) 2 Tbsp smoked ...

To pair with chocolate, look to star anise, which Ford sneaks into flourless, fudgy cookies; chile pepper, which produces better — smoky, umami-deepened — brownies; or remarkably versatile ...

By Charlotte DruckmanSpecial to The Washington Post. Recently, I suffered a bout of cinnamon fatigue. It was British spice expert Eleanor Ford who cured me with her new cookbook, “A Whisper of ...