Aunt Doris BBQ Chicken
This is from Aunt Doris (Macak). Great on a cold winter day when your craving something off the grill.…
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Bagna Cauda - Anchovy and Garlic Dip
This recipe by Wave chef Kristine Subido was used for the first Spice House/Wave cooking class.
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Baked Rhubarb Oatmeal
This is not a sliceable, solid oatmeal like some baked oatmeals, but just a convenient way to prepare conventional oatmeal that le…
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Barbecued Sugar-Spice Salmon with Cocoa
This recipe was submitted by Marsh Scott in reference to our development of a new salmon seasoning.
It is credited to the Pacif…
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Barbeque Shrimp
About 20 years ago, my wife and myself were having dinner at the Hilton in New Orleans. Barbeque shrimp were on the menu. My wif…
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Berbere - Ethiopian Spice Paste
Having served as a foster parent for a number of Ethiopian young people during the 90's, I was lucky enough to get this recipe. I…
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Blue Cheese Polenta
This recipe was provided by Jeanne Hicks. She shared several recipes with us at our Evanston store. She also provided a recipe f…
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Bob's Chicken Vesuvio
This recipe is from our computer fixing guru Bob Pielet. Whenever we have a problem he is a godsend, and he always gets to us quic…
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Braised Autumn Pork Chops
I have had this recipe in my family for over 40 years. I have been cooking since I was 10 years of age and have amassed and collec…
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Burgers with a Kick
Hamburgers are an American institution, but how do you serve hamburgers that stand out from everyone else's backyard barbecue? Giv…
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Cacio e Pepe
Pasta the Italian Way - Means quick, fast, and simple, but "aggettivo"-fantastico.
Cacio means cheese (Italian, hard, and fr…
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Cal's Easy White Shellfish Linguine Sauce
This is recipe that has evolved over many years due to my love for shellfish and pasta. I have been spoiled by eating variations o…
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Calypso Pork Tenderloin
I gave my best friend an assortment of my favorite Spice House spices and blends as a wedding present, and this was the very first…
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Chai (Indian Spiced Tea)
This recipe was given to me from a lady at church. Most coffee houses offer Chai that's loaded with sugar. This has a great flavor…
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Chai (Masala Tea)
This recipe is an update of a chai recipe my mother gave me years ago. We have both spent the past 2 years improving upon the ori…
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Cheese Fondue
This recipe by Wave at The W Hotel executive chef Kristine Subido was used for the first Spice House/Wave cooking class.…
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Chef Tiki's Creole Stuffed Breast of Capon
Roasted Capon on Christmas has been a family tradition since I was a kid. This is my twist for a new dish for my "Stylish Holiday …
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Chipotle Bourbon Steak
I developed this with what I had on hand in the kitchen. When ever I make it, people not only scarf down the steaks, but make me …
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Clay's Cajun Seafood Soup
This recipe was developed by long-time Spice House customer and friend Chef Clay Erickson. We love when he comes to visit and bri…
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Clay's Colossal Chili
This is the very recipe Chef Clay Erickson used to WIN the National Hobart Chili Cookoff at the Culinary Institute of America in N…
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Cracked Black Pepper Sugar Almonds
This recipe comes from the wonderful book "The Spicy Food Lover's Bible" by Dave DeWitt and Nancy Gerlach. We were very fortunate …
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Creamy Mushroom Soup
A hearty vegetarian first course. For a low-sodium soup, make sure you use low-sodium vegetable broth.…
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Curried Fish Loaf
I created this dish based on a Thai dish loosely translated as fish custard, which sounds really horrible but is actually quite go…
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Dad's Steak Seasoning
This recipe is a slight variation on what my Dad used, during the years I was growing up, to season steaks on the barbecue. I con…
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Detroit Style Clam Chowder
In celebration of the eclectic mix of cuisine and cultures that make Detroit so special, I melded together the very best of severa…
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Deviled Eggs
This is my own recipe, "fine-tuned" over the years. I added the chives and green onion flakes when I started buying my spices from…
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Doctored-Up Tomato Sauce
Making your own homemade tomato sauce, although a labor of love, can be very time consuming. Here is a recipe that you can make e…
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Dolmades (Stuffed Grape Leaves)
Also known as Byzantine Dolmathes or Dolmadakia Yialantzi. The original recipe I had was in the 1980 National Lamb Promotion Cook…
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Early Fall Pasta Salad with Chai Dressing
I created this recipe to do something very different with Chai. People love it where ever I take it.…
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Easy Scalloped Potatoes
An excellent side dish for the Holiday Ham. It can also be made with sliced meats or other vegetables in it.…
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Eve's Spice Cake
This has been a family favorite since 1950. My grandmother gave me the recipe, when I married and moved to Illinois from Germany. …
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Fall-Aparts
This recipe comes to us courtesy of the "Spice of Life Cookbook" by Treva Davis (no longer in print). She writes, "Here is my ver…
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Glazed Pork Chops
This recipe was provided by Jeanne Hicks. She shared several recipes with us at our Evanston store. She also provided a Blue Ch…
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Hamburger Packet
I was inspired to combine a hamburger with a calzone because I like pizza crust but not the messiness of a calzone, and I thought …
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Hamburger Pie
This is a favorite recipe when my kids were growing up. It's quick and easy for a busy family, can be prepared ahead of time and …
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Honeyprint Ginger Cookies
This recipe was created by Spice House staff member Paige Esbrook for Retail Therapy Night in Evanston. It combines the best aspe…
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Hungarian Chicken Paprikas with Spaetzle
My Mother is Hungarian and I always loved it when she made this dish. It is tradionally served with Farfel. This is a lowfat hea…
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Indian Oven-Fried Chicken
This is a recipe I made up while I was trying to give traditional fried chicken a little bit more of an ethnic zing.
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Iranian Beef Stew
I used to work with a woman from Iran who was a marvelous cook. This is one of the many wonderful Iranian recipes she shared with …
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Italian Sausage - Light
I love Italian sausage w/ polenta and marinara sauce. My marinara is one similar to the one Giada uses on the FoodTV network. The…
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Jamaican Red Bean Soup
This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, "The Heaven on Seven Cookbook. Where It's M…
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Jimbo's Killer Chili
A radio station in Detroit (WXYZ, I think) had award winning recipes it was discussing on the air for listeners. I contacted them…
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Lemon-Roasted Salmon with Mustard Cream
This recipe came entirely out of my family's love for Spice House Salmon Seasoning. All the inspiration I needed!…
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Lentil and Feta Cheese Salad
I came up with this recipe because I like food with a Middle Eastern twist and I wanted to find another way of using lentils besid…
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Lois' Best Dressing and Marinade
I found a recipe in a church ladies cookbook. I needed to decipher it and change it to my liking. I needed a Qty. of dressing as…
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Mad Annie's Apple Cranberry Stuffing
I have never been fond of Thanksgiving stuffing. In my quest to find a stuffing free of organ meats and strong flavors that were u…
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Mad Annie's Turkey Basting Stuff
In another of my MAD scientific kitchen experiments, I wanted to create the ULTIMATE turkey. Without much research, I found the s…
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Marilyn's Marinated Tomato Salad
This has been our family's favorite salad for years. It is also one of the most requested dishes when I cook for friends. One fr…
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Marinade for grilled salmon
This is not a recipe, but the use of a particular spice that I buy often at the Spice House. The spice is ground fennel seed. I pu…
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Melanie's Chicken Tikka Marinade
This marinade was used by my friend, Melanie, at a recent BBQ dinner party. It was the best tasting grilled chicken I've ever eat…
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Mike's Seafood Gumbo
Not satisfied with the taste or the proportions of various seafood gumbos, I created my own. With the freshness of The Spice House…
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Moroccan Orzo Salad
I discovered this recipe in a Moroccan Restaurant in Paris, France! I am not sure if it's authentic, but it's so delicious. I use …
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Moroccan Sardines with Charmoula
This recipe is very popular in Morocco. Many street vendors and restaurants list Sardines in their menus especially during summer …
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Mulligatawny Soup
My Daughter worked for Ameri-corp literacy Program in Pittsburgh. She was always telling her students about how I love to cook eth…
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Nancy’s Spicy English Gingersnaps
The surprising addition of pepper and ginger nibs adds to the spiciness of these gingersnaps.
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New Green Bean Casserole
My family kept complaining about the same old string bean casserole at holiday meals. I found the basis for the recipe in a magazi…
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Pasta Toss
I make this to cut down on several steps for simple pasta dishes. I've done it with all kinds of meat and veggies tossed in. Use…
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Pecan Seasoned Crusted Chicken Breasts
This is one of the original recipes with which we opened our restaurant in Atlanta - and it remained on our menu all 11 years we w…
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Pepper Cookies
I found this recipe ages ago in a newspaper and have had fun with it over the years. No one can guess the "secret" ingredient.…
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Picco de Gallo
This recipe was submitted by an anonymous customer from Alabama. He said he'd originally gotten this recipe from a neighbor who i…
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Porcini Mushrooms with Cream and Parmesan
This elegant sauce showcases the earthy flavor of dried porcini muchrooms in the simplest manner possible. The reconstituted mushr…
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Pork Cutlets with Sun-Dried Cherry & Port Wine Sauce
Frankly, it almost doesn't matter what you put underneath this ambrosial sauce… Even if it won't make a silk purse of a sow's ea…
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Potato Salad for a Crowd
I like the crunch of the apple and the chew of the craisins. This is not routine potato salad.
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Potato Soup
I love potato soup, but have never really found a recipe that I liked...so I made up my own. At least, as far as I know, there is…
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POTLUCK SHELL MACARONI & VEGGIES
We have game night with potluck once a month at my retirement village and I made this up so the vegetarians could share in a non-m…
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Pulled Pork
This is my favorite recipe for pulled pork. I love making it in the crock pot so it's almost ready when I get home. This makes al…
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Ratatouille, Bayou Style
This recipe come from the fantastic Spicy Food Bible by Dave DeWitt, who has been nice enough to hold book-signings in our store. …
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Red Lentil Soup with Garam Masala
From Nepal; Ingredients with a '*' can be replaced with 4 1/2 teaspoons of ground Garam Masala (total replacement, not per ingred…
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Salmon with Goat Cheese Stuffing
This is a very simple recipe to make and requires not much more effort than what usually goes into making a salmon filet. The res…
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Salt and Pepper Almond Pick Up Sticks
Milwaukee store manager Kate wants to do a class in just salt and pepper and so I developed this recipe to use in her class.…
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Seared Salmon with Smoky Red Pepper Coulis
I'm a cooking class instructor and developed this recipe for a low-fat weeknight dinner class at Northshore Cookery in Highland Pa…
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Short Ribs with Chocolate and Fettucini
Chocolate??..yes, its used in a lot of savory dishes. I cook this in the slow cooker, but if you want to do it in a heavy pot on …
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Simple Spare Ribs
This is a simple tailgate recipe I've been using since college. No time for a smoker, so the smoked sea salt adds a nice smokey t…
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Slow Cooked Italian Beef for Sandwiches
This is a modified recipe to make use of the superior spices that the Spice House has to offer. It has become a family favorite.…
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Smoked Corn Beef - Spice House Style
Just tried to create something different for St. Patricks day. Smoked Corn Beef with Spice House dry rub.…
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Spicy Chai
This is a seasoning mix for quick spicy chai. Unlike most recipes, the seasoning mix can be prepared ahead and stored in the refr…
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Spicy Turkey Noodle Soup
I went to the store one day and found they were having a clearence sale on baby sweet onions. From that find came about this soup…
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Sugar Snap Peas with Radish and Scallion
This isn't a family heirloom but is tastes suprisingly good and is very easy to prepare. I honestly don't know where I got the ori…
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Sweet & Savory Sweet Potato Seasoning
I love sweet potatos, but I don't like they way most people sweeten them even more. This is a little sweet and a little savory. I…
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Tetrazzini
What to do when the holidays leave you with a pound of leftover turkey? Why make Tetrazzini, of course! A hearty meal for a cold…
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Texas Roadhouse Chili
This recipe comes to us courtesy of Jimmy Bannos and John DeMers from their cookbook, "The Heaven On Seven Cookbook. Where It's M…
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Three Meat Lasagna
Another recipie for those cold winter days in Chicago when you have an afternoon to spend in a warm kitchen. I personally recomme…
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Toasted Pita Triangles
This recipe is so simple and tasty, you'll make it all the time! I do. It's much healthier than potato chips or tortilla chips, …
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Tomato Herb Vinaigrette
This recipe was developed because my family really likes Italian dressing and French dressing. I was tired of buying bottled dres…
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Trinidadian Pork Curry
I found this recipe in an international cooking magazine and made it tweaking it ever so slightly. I hope this will make up for m…
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Tuscan-style Tomato & Bread Soup
Several years ago, I first ate a similar dish at a restaurant in Florence, a short distance from the Accademia (David). When I re…
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Veggie Chili
I became a vegetarian a little while ago and I use a lot of spices now. Here is a recipe for a chili that doesn't use a meat subsi…
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Vinegar Allergy Italian Salad Dressing
My own creation born out of desperation when I discovered vinegar was causing me to get Migraine headaches. Your Sumac has open…
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Weeknight Paella x 3
With a little planning & investment in time (about 30 minutes) you can have a great meal ready to pull out from the freezer and ge…
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