Alton Brown poses at a Food Network holiday appearance. - Noam Galai/Getty Images If you want to make food with flavor, you'd better have a well-stocked spice rack. A few shakes of cumin or smoked ...

Spices can be a healthy way to add flavor and color to your favorite recipes. How you store them can make a big difference in their shelf life, flavor and color. To keep spices in top shape, store ...

Experts weigh in on shelf life, proper storage, and how to bring old spices back to life. If you’ve ever been puzzled by the taste of your final dish — muted, barely-there flavors instead of a punchy, ...

If you’ve ever been puzzled by the taste of your final dish — muted, barely-there flavors instead of a punchy, party-in-your-mouth kind of experience — stale spices might be to blame. So exactly how ...