Pantry guide
Best Mahleb for home cooking
What Mahleb is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
Ground cherry kernel: the perfume of Greek and Levantine festival breads.
In the International Cuisines books, Mahleb is not decoration. Add it where the recipe puts it: early if it needs fat and time, late if it is perfume.
Taste Mahleb before you empty the spoon. Fresh jars smell like themselves; tired ones smell like dust. Buy the smallest amount you will finish.