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Authentic Indian garam masala blends black pepper, caraway, cinnamon, coriander, cloves, and cardamom into a robust, fragrant spice mix for curries, braises, and finishing dishes.

Green tomato relish turns end-of-season unripe tomatoes into a tangy-sweet preserve spiced with allspice, cloves, mustard, and celery seed. Salted overnight to draw water, then simmered with brown sugar, vinegar, and lemon. Cans up beautifully.

Use this homemade curry paste to cook your chicken curry, and you will love this flavorful, tasty and spiced chicken dish. Serve it with steamed rice.

Sweet dill pickles made by transforming store-bought dills with sugar, vinegar, garlic, onion, celery seed, and mustard seed. No canning needed, ready in 5 days.

Old-fashioned bread and butter pickles with the classic ice-and-salt soak that locks in jaw-cracking crunch. Sweet vinegar brine with turmeric, celery seed, and mustard seed. Makes 32 jars.

Old-fashioned Spanish pickles: a sweet and tangy relish of peppers, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, and onions spiced with turmeric, mustard seed, and cinnamon in vinegar.

Aunt Bunny's Stuffing combines apple, orange, pineapple, water chestnuts, and preserved ginger with raw sausage and 13 herbs and spices for a holiday turkey stuffing that's genuinely unlike any other.

Homemade dried fig jam spiked with dark rum and ground cardamom. Rehydrated figs simmered with lemon and sugar produce a thick, honey-colored preserve that's canning-ready and irresistible on warm toast.

Asafetida, mango powder, and black salt distinguish the chat masala from other masalas, giving the blend a sourness that makes it a welcome accompaniment to fresh fruit and other snacks. 'Chat' refers to various snacks and to the North Indian cafes that serve them. Fresh fruit often is sprinkled with lime juice and chat masala. Black salt (which is actually reddish gray), available at Indian food stores, has a distinctive flavor that's quite different from sea salt or table salt. The garam masala is the wild card in this recipe; either one of the (Tamil Nadu Curry Powder or Punjabi-Style Garam Masala) masalas may be used.

Easy refrigerator pickles with thin-sliced cucumbers and onions in a sweet-tangy brine of vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, and turmeric. No canning equipment, no processing, just four days in the fridge.

A fragrant South Indian curry powder toasted from whole spices: cumin, black mustard, fenugreek, curry leaves, dried chili, and urad dal, ground fresh. Keeps for four months in a jar.

Modern hardtack made with flour, masa harina, wheat germ, and oats for a more nutritious survival bread. A shelf-stable cracker that keeps indefinitely in airtight containers.

Pickled zucchini sticks canned with fresh dill, garlic, celery seed, and onion in a sweet vinegar brine. A crunchy way to preserve summer's zucchini bounty in 4 pint jars.

Sweet onion pickles brined in a golden turmeric-spiced vinegar syrup with mustard seed, celery seed, cloves, and allspice. Crisp, tangy-sweet onions for burgers, charcuterie, and cheese boards.

Herbes de Provence blend with marjoram, thyme, savory, basil, rosemary, sage, and fennel seeds. Mix once and store for months of French-inspired cooking.

Pickled zucchini with onions and bell peppers in a sweet cider vinegar brine spiced with mustard seed, turmeric, celery seed, and cinnamon. A classic canning recipe.