Pantry guide
Best Mace for home cooking
What Mace is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
The lacy aril of nutmeg — finer, sharper, a European sauce spice.
In the International Cuisines books, Mace is not decoration. Add it where the recipe puts it: early if it needs fat and time, late if it is perfume.
Taste Mace before you empty the spoon. Fresh jars smell like themselves; tired ones smell like dust. Buy the smallest amount you will finish.