Father's Day Special Cooking Together

June 11, 2023 ajay thakkar

At Passion for Spices™, we create food experiences and memories with families and friends by providing a platform to teach techniques and classic recipes from around the world. As always, we make sure to procure the highest quality food ingredients, both local and sustainable.

We would like to share our curated cooking classes, especially for Father’s Day, which will be a memorable gift for Dad this year. We have several choices including grilling, seafood specials, and classic menus from regions of the world. Our team is looking forward to celebrating a special father’s day cookout.

Below are the details of some of our curated classes:

Beer and Gourmet Bites:An Exclusive Tasting Menu and Pairing

Sausages with Apple and Celery Root Salad (Trappist Ale)

Hot-Smoked Black Cod with Creamed Leeks and Crisp Vegetable Chips (Golden Ale)

Pan-Roasted Duck Breast with Confit and Braised Red Cabbage with Herb Spaetzle (Rodenbach Red)

Seared Dry-Aged N.Y. Strip Loin with Rutabaga Puree with Bock Beer (Csorsedonk Monk’s Brown Ale)

Seasonal Fruit Tart

Mastering the Grill: A Special Father's Day Treat

Hot-Smoked Salmon with Spicy Mango Salsa

Grilled Rib-eye Steak

Tandoori Style Chicken

Curried Carrot and Golden Raisin Salad

Spiced Jalapeno Infused Mojito (BYOB)

Passion for Spices™ Cooking School

Passion for Spices™ Team Wishes Everyone a Happy Easter

March 19, 2023 May Fridel

Passion for Spices™ wishes everyone a happy Passover and Easter. We are looking forward to celebrating the spring with nature’s abundance from local farmers, creating recipes, and sharing the knowledge of preparing them to our community.

Please enjoy the healthy fig and date bar, Anjeer Khajoor Barfi, for your holidays

Anjeer Khajoor Barfi (Fig & Date Bars)

Makes 6 Servings

Procedure:

1. Soak the dry figs and dates, separately, in hot water, just to cover the dried fruit for 15~20. Drain the water and grind them to a smooth paste adding a tablespoon of water.

2. Melt ghee and oil in a heavy bottom pan, and add the figs and date puree and cook on medium heat low, stirring frequently, until the mixture dries out about 15 minutes.

3. Stir in the nuts and the cardamom and mix well to combine the mixture well.

4. Continue to cook the barfi, on medium low heat, stirring frequently, for another 10 minutes or until the mixture starts to leave the sides of the pan.

5. Remove the mixture into a greased plate or tin and press down to form the barfi.

6. Set aside to cool. Cut into squares or diamonds when completely cooled.

Here is a curated menu for you and your family to enjoy and have a memorable experience this holiday season.

We have a few Easter Special Classes in the link at the bottom of the page with details.

**Celebrate Easter Mediterranean Style**

Ingredients:

1 cup (about 15) Dry Figs, chopped

1 cup (about 18) Dates, pitted and chopped

3 tbsp almonds, finely chopped

2 tbsp plain cashews, finely chopped

2 tbsp unsalted pistachios, finely chopped

3 cardomom pods, seeds removed and crushed fine.

1 tsp ghee + 1 tbsp sunflower oil

Spice up your Thanksgiving Holiday 2022

November 20, 2022 May Fridel

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time of the year to show your gratitude for family, friends, and colleagues in life. Passion For Spices™ Team is grateful for all of our clients who joined us in our Cooking School. We are also appreciative for our wonderful team that makes Passion For Spices™ special. It gives us joy to spread the culinary knowledge and showcase foods of the world as we teach all levels of cooking skills, promote healthy heating and share family time (Tech Free) together.
Here is a complimentary Thanksgiving recipe for you and your family to enjoy, curated by Passion for Spices™, Spiced French Apple Cake.

**Spiced French Apple Cake**

**Happy Thanksgiving!**

Recipe

We also have other recipes for the holiday. For more recipe ideas, see below.

Thanksgiving Menu

Thankful for Passion for Spices™ Cooking School

We are very thankful for the growth of our cooking school. We welcome everyone from beginners to experts to join us, as you experiment with real food, and enhance your cooking skills. We are exited to have expanded our cooking school to include Kids Classes, Adult Classes, Corporate Events, and Private Events.

We want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

This holiday season, we are grateful for introducing some specials for celebrating the holidays with friends and family.

Holiday Specials

Thankful for Our Organic Spice Line

Keralan Curry

Kashmiri Garam Masala

Our spice blends are crafted using the highest quality of spices complete with anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatories to help boost the immune system for optimal health. These blends were also produced using a sustainable and eco-friendly process which creates its flavorful finish.

Give the Gift of Spices For the Holiday Season

Passion for Spices Gift Card

A unique gift that can be used to register for a cooking class, buy spices, and book a private cooking event!

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Happy July 4th 2022

July 3, 2022 May Fridel

The Passion for Spices™ team would like to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July weekend. Hope everyone is celebrating with family and friends with fun food and treats. Our small business, Passion For Spices™, is very grateful to showcase to our community the abundance of our local produce and sharing the knowledge of good food to the our community. We hope you remember to use some of our recipes, enjoy some delicious treats, and share them with your family and friends for cooking this season. Please enjoy this complimentary recipe from Passion for Spices™, our Plum Cobbler Tart, a traditional American treat incorporating local peaches sourced from NJ farms. We are grateful for our local farmers and the variety and quality of our seasonal produce, just in time for the 4th of July celebration.

We are looking forward to our annual summer camp, where we meet new young chefs and teach them to cook from scratch even more delicious dishes.

To Learn more about Passion For Spices™, click here for more of our blogs. To sign up for the Summer Camp, click here.

Mother's Day Special: Spring Menu

May 5, 2022 May Fridel

The Passion for Spices™ team would like to honor and celebrate mothers everywhere. Our “Cook at Home” is a great way to create memories with mom! The pandemic has made family gatherings even more meaningful and intimate. We cherish all these moments, looking back and realize that these are special moments in everyone’s life.

We would like to inspire you to cook seasonally with locally available ingredients. We are so grateful for the abundance of asparagus from the NJ farms. Our Passion for Spices test kitchen has been making various recipes using asparagus, like theAsparagus Wrapped in Prosciutto or the Cream Asparagus Soup With Pumpkin Seeds flavored with Garam Masala. We would like to share for this Mother’s Day a special recipe from our award winning Chef James Peterson, Asparagus with French sauce, listed below.

Please enjoy the recipe, Asparagus with French Sauce, compliments from Passion For Spices. Click here

For me, my mother was the center of our family, and I want to honor her memory. I was fortunate to have her as my mother and as well to be a mother myself to my son.

Passion for Spices sustainable methodology showcases the importance of Families Cooking Together and we are here to help you have you experience the joy of cooking with your entire family.

Compliments from Passion for Spices

To read more about our memories on Mother’s Day, click here for more of our blogs.