Pantry guide
Best Zhug for home cooking
What Zhug is for, which kitchens use it, and where to find a jar worth cooking with.
Why cooks start here
Green fire from Yemen — cilantro, chile, cardamom — now at home on falafel and grilled fish.
In the International Cuisines books, Zhug is not decoration. Add it where the recipe puts it: early if it needs fat and time, late if it is perfume.
Taste Zhug before you empty the spoon. Fresh jars smell like themselves; tired ones smell like dust. Buy the smallest amount you will finish.