The Spicecast
A podcast where we talk about spices and the spicy moments in our everyday lives. Twitch Affiliate streamer at twitch.tv/thespicecastpodcast.
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July 27, 2025 • 3 mins
Join Reuben for a quick look at Moldavian dragonhead, a lemony-minty herb from temperate regions of Asia.
Spice Oddities is a shorter-form series that highlights uncommon spices and ingredients from around the world.
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June 29, 2025 • 3 mins
Listen along as Reuben explores zedoary, a spice that is related to ginger and turmeric and used mostly in South Asia.
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May 25, 2025 • 4 mins
Ajwain is both a spice and herb used in South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines. Join Reuben as he touches on culinary and medicinal uses for this tasty oddity.
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April 27, 2025 • 33 mins
On this episode of What Spice Means to Me, Dee and Reuben are joined by special guest Vina Patel to discuss her latest book, The Spice Collector's Cookbook. The conversation ranges from traveling for food and spices to why particular flavors evoke such strong memories to tips and tricks for home cooks to create healthy, easy, and delicious dishes. Vina's knowledge of and experience with many different cuisines shines through in thi...
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March 17, 2025 • 45 mins
On this edition of The Herb Blurb, co-hosts Reuben and Dee discuss common sage, salvia officinalis. The episode explores the classical and modern history of sage as well as culinary and medicinal uses for the herb. There is also a sage tea tasting.
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February 18, 2025 • 22 mins
Korean mugwort or Japanese mugwort (artemisia princeps) is useful both in traditional medicine and cooking, and is key to an ancient Korean creation myth. Join Reuben and Dee for a slightly less brief dive into the world of Korean mugwort, which is unusual in most of the world but fairly common in east Asia.
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January 17, 2025 • 49 mins
On this episode of What Spice Means to Me, Reuben speaks with his father, Joshua, about his experience with horticulture, with wild plants, and as a home cook. The conversation touches on scent memory, favorite cookbooks, Joshua's soup kitchen, and more!
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December 21, 2024 • 3 mins
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November 20, 2024 • 4 mins
Dootsi is an herb that is similar to celery in flavor and look, but primarily used in Georgian cuisine. Tune in for a quick dive into the culinary and medicinal uses for dootsi.
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October 27, 2024 • 6 mins
Sweet woodruff is a flowering herb in the coffee family that is most popular in German cuisine. Listen in as Reuben briefly explores the history and uses for sweet woodruff.
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September 29, 2024 • 3 mins
Lesser calamint, though closely related to mint, has a number of different uses. Join Reuben for a quick overview of the (mostly Italian) culinary uses for lesser calamint and more.
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August 25, 2024 • 4 mins
Does fish mint really taste like fish? Find out with Reuben on this month's Spice Oddities! This episode also covers numerous culinary uses for fish mint in various cuisines.
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July 28, 2024 • 3 mins
Clary sage has been used as a curative herb for thousands of years. Join host Reuben for a brief dive into the history and culinary uses for this remarkable, medicinal herb.
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June 30, 2024 • 83 mins
On this edition of The Herb Blurb, co-hosts Reuben and Dee converse about many different varieties of and uses for mint. The episode explores mint of all sorts in history, cooking, medicine, pop culture, and beyond, and finishes with a tasting of mint tea and sweets.
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May 26, 2024 • 4 mins
Huacatay is a South American herb with some of the most unusual names we've heard. Join Reuben for a quick foray into the world of wakataya, muster John Henry, stinking roger, and black mint. Along the way, we'll talk about the most famous dish that uses huacatay and the non-culinary uses for the herb.
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April 28, 2024 • 69 mins
Content warning: This episode of The Spicecast contains one minor instance of adult language and may not be suitable for children.
In this episode of The Spicecast, co-hosts Reuben and Dee discuss cardamom. The show delves into cardamom's history, its use for culinary and medicinal purposes, references to cardamom in pop culture, and more! There are also segments in which green and black cardamom, cardamom bitters, and masala chai...
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March 31, 2024 • 4 mins
Korarima is one of the native spices that is most widely used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cooking. Join Reuben for a brief journey into korarima and the various spice blends and medicinal contexts in which it is used.
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February 25, 2024 • 5 mins
Jakhya, though widely known in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, is virtually unused as a spice outside of that region. On this edition of Spice Oddities, Reuben delves into the most prevalent uses of jakhya in food and medicine, as well as the tempering method for spice in general.
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January 28, 2024 • 4 mins
The barberry, though now primarily used in Persian cuisine, was once common throughout Europe and western Asia. On this episode of Spice Oddities, Reuben describes the most common uses for barberries in food, medicine, and more.
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December 31, 2023 • 35 mins
On this episode of The Spicecast, Reuben introduces Dee as a co-host of the show. Join the pair to learn about aniseed and fennel seed in food, history, and pop culture. Additionally, the episode includes a tasting of aniseed and fennel seed in whole, ground, and tea forms, as well as star anise seed.
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