CoolCanucks Blog Contest ~ Cocina del Mundo Herbs & Spices Review & Giveaway!!
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 by roxxyroller in Giveaways Canada.
I’ve always been a spice kinda girl. I love most all spices, and they certainly make food taste wonderful, whatever you may be cooking! A little bitta’ this and a little bitta’ that is usually my idea of cooking and/or baking — and I throw in just enough to satisfy the tempting tastebud. I’ve always got a cupboard chock right full of assorted spices, and on hand at all times when needed.
It is really hard to imagine what cooking or baking would be like without the unique flavors provided by herbs, spices, and the many seasonings available.
For centuries Herbs and Spices have been an integral part of many of the world’s great cuisines. Today we take for granted black pepper and the other spices over which wars where once fought. At one time only kings and other wealthy people could afford such a delicacy as cinnamon. Today all supermarkets and most small grocery stores have well-stocked spice shelves offering an enormous selection of mostly all herbs and spices.
The term “spices” is often used broadly to include all seasonings. Spices come from the bark, roots, leaves, stems, buds, seeds, or fruit of aromatic plants and trees which usually grow only in tropical countries. Pepper, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon, ginger, saffron, and turmeric are spices.
Herbs are soft, succulent plants which usually grow in the temperate zone. Until recently cooks have had to make do with very few fresh herbs, such as sage, parsley, and thyme. Nowadays you can also find fresh basil, coriander, oregano, tarragon, rosemary, and dill.
I was really ecstatic to find the World’s Best Spices, and that is at Cocina del Mundo Herbs & Spices! They sell just about every herb and spice going, and then some!!
Based in North Liberty, Iowa,Cocina del Mundo Herbs & Spices sells fresh ground spices to order. They’re what gives the food life and makes the flavors dance!!
“Cocina Del Mundo (The World’s Kitchen) Herbs & Spices is about educating people on the various ways to put various tastes at their disposal. The world has much to offer and the diversity of flavor can be explored with the help from Cocina Del Mundo Herbs & Spices.
Our cuisine has grown to include most of the worlds cultures. Fruit, vegetables, and spices can be combined to experiment with all the exotic flavors our planet has to offer. Meats rubs have been used for centuries to preserve and to enhance natural flavors.
Kristina Arnold grew up in the Midwest, from a German family, with a true enjoyment for home style cooking. Meals are treated as a time for the family to come together, and to eat their favorite foods.
20 years of restaurant experience and a love of herbs helped Kristina down the path of experimentation for flavoring common foods with spices from all over the world.
Herbs and spices are a passion to be explored by everyone. Herbs add delicate flavor, spices can define a dish. These flavors can be subtle. Cocina Del Mundo Herbs & Spices offers Recipes and seasoning blends for anyone who wants a little change, some extra flavor, or to give some spice to their life.
Open your eyes to the world’s kitchen!
Know what is in your food!”
The fabulous Kristina Arnold of Cocina del Mundo Herbs & Spices sent me a whack of phenomenal FRESH herbs and spices, and let me tell you — the smell was HEAVENLY when I opened that big envelope!! Fresh Basil Pesto Seasoning, Italian Rome Blend, Tuscan Herb Seasoning, and many more were included!! All were sealed in their packets as to remain fresh, and were all wrapped so elegantly inside of a really pretty burgandy bag! Very impressed with these awesome spices and seasonings!!
Shopping at Cocina del Mundo Herbs & Spices is really easy, as everything is so neatly organized to make shopping a complete snap! Everything that they sell is completely fresh and very reasonably priced! They even sell extra virgin olive oil, soup mixes, bean mixes, rice mixes, as well as cheese ball mixes & salsa mixes!! And how about sweets? Well look no further, as Cocina del Mundo Herbs & Spices also sells Gourmet Fudge Sauce, and delectible Fine English Toffee!!
You will even find a neat glossary of spices on their website, as well as a really cool easy recipe section! How about a quick find spice list? Perfect!
I give this company a huge thumbs up, and recommend them to everyone!!!!!
Buy It!! These great spices are available online at Cocina del Mundo Herbs & Spices
Win It!! Enter my sweepstakes giveaway below for a chance to win some of these great spices as well! SWEET!! Open to Canadian and US Residents!
How to enter: All entries must be submitted using the Rafflecopter form below. After you complete the easy mandatory entry, you can do as many bonus entries as you’d like to increase your chances of winning. I will be checking for duplicate entries to make sure it’s fair, and no cheating will be tolerated!
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