/tags/series-cook-your-cupboard Series: Cook Your Cupboard en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 06:57:00 GMT /2013-08-16/demystifying-saffron-mark-bittman-explains-the-pricey-spice The stringy red spice is actually the dried stigma of a saffron flower. "It's exotic, it's expensive," says The New York Times columnist and cookbook author, but "it should be used." Fri, 16 Aug 2013 06:57:00 GMT /2013-08-16/demystifying-saffron-mark-bittman-explains-the-pricey-spice /2013-05-24/guava-paste-and-tamarind-what-to-do-with-weird-food-gifts Have a food that has you stumped? Submit a photo and we'll ask chefs about our favorites. Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:00 GMT /2013-05-24/guava-paste-and-tamarind-what-to-do-with-weird-food-gifts /2013-05-10/unpacking-foreign-ingredients-in-a-massachusetts-kitchen NPR listener Laurel Ruma picked up some odd ingredients during her travels. London-based chef Yotam Ottolenghi helps her concoct recipes with them for Morning Edition's Cook Your Cupboard series. Fri, 10 May 2013 07:13:00 GMT /2013-05-10/unpacking-foreign-ingredients-in-a-massachusetts-kitchen NPR Staff /2013-04-24/nigella-lawson-helps-listener-cook-her-eclectic-cupboard Morning Edition's new project, Cook Your Cupboard, invites cooks to send in photos of food items they aren't sure how to use. In our first installment, NPR listener Marcy Misner has beans, vinegar and almond milk, and food writer Nigella Lawson gives her some guidance on where to go from there. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:22:00 GMT /2013-04-24/nigella-lawson-helps-listener-cook-her-eclectic-cupboard NPR Staff /npr-news/2013-04-11/a-project-to-rescue-pantry-puzzlers-before-they-hit-the-trash Adventurous food shopping get you in trouble? Get help from creative cooks through the Cook Your Cupboard project. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:21:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-04-11/a-project-to-rescue-pantry-puzzlers-before-they-hit-the-trash Selena Simmons-Duffin