Spice Handbook

Spice Handbook: Tips for Using Our Premium Wholesale Herbs & Spices

As a food service company, restaurant owner, or catering manager, you know by now that finding a reliable source of premium bulk spices is essential to having a steady supply of quality ingredients on hand.

Baron Spices can help you in this regard by offering such a wide range of wholesale herbs & spices that you are bound to find everything you will ever need right on our website. Ordering wholesale spices & herbs has never been this easy; just call us at 314-535-9020 and we’ll take care of the rest!

Wholesale Herbs & Spices: Spice 101

The art of seasoning food goes beyond adding salt and pepper. Knowing when and how to use wholesale herbs & spices properly is the first step towards achieving culinary freedom. Yes, you can always rely on custom blends and pre-made seasonings, but trusting your own palate and instinct, and knowing which spice goes well with what dish will allow you to play with the spices to achieve bold flavors in your commercial food products.

As a leading supplier of wholesale herbs & spices, our commitment is to provide information and resources to our customers to help them learn more about using herbs and spices to create the tastiest dishes ever. Check out our Spice Handbook below which provides resources to help you learn more about the art of using our wholesale herbs & spices in the best ways possible.

Spice Handbook:

  • Spice Tips – Learn all about the basics of using spice when cooking, such as how to buy spices and how to store them properly. Also, learn how much spice to use in a dish.
  • Spice & Seasoning Types – Learn to differentiate between spices, herbs, seeds, seasonings, and dehydrated vegetables.
  • Scaling Up Recipes – Learn how to adjust a recipe according to demand. As a commercial food business, you need to be adept at scaling, which is the process of adjusting a recipe by increasing or decreasing the ingredients in order to accommodate the demand for larger than normal gatherings.
  • Ethnic Diversity of Spices – Knowing the ethnic flavor profile of a spice allows you to know which spice works best with a certain type of cuisine, and also allows you to cook regional or international dishes with an authentic flavor. For example, cumin is often used for Spanish dishes, Cajun food almost always includes cayenne and paprika, Chinese Five Spice is often used in Chinese dishes, and Herbes de Provence features herbs that are frequently grown in the south of France.
  • Spice Reference Guide – Learn all about the wholesale herbs & spices that Baron Spices offer. This also includes a short description, product summary, and packaging options for each of our products.
  • Rehydration (Onion & Garlic) – Learn the equivalent amount of fresh onion and garlic when compared to their dehydrated counterparts.
  • Nutritional Information – Learn the calorie, protein, fat, and sodium content of our wholesale herbs & spices.
  • Weight Conversion – Learn to convert measurements to make following a recipe so much easier. You can learn how to convert ounces into pounds, and pounds into grams.
  • Glossary of Terms – Look up the complicated and unusual cooking terms you frequently encounter in the kitchen using our glossary.

Learn More About Our Wholesale Herbs & Spices

At Baron Spices, not only will you get premium wholesale herbs & spices and exceptional customer service, you will also receive useful resources that will help you improve your cooking skills and finished dishes through the use of spices and seasonings.

To learn more about our wholesale spices & herbs or to place a bulk order, please contact us at 314-535-9020.