Whole pepper

Black pepper gives a savory boost and a fragrant aroma when mixed into soups and stews, sprinkled on omelets or rubbed on meat to season it before cooking. It’s a vital spice, loved around the world, with a special place by the stove and on the table. Among hot spices, black pepper delivers only a hint of the heat you get from chili peppers. That gentle bite means it blends well with many other ingredients, enhancing, but rarely overpowering other flavors. Black pepper is also essential for bakers, and appears in recipes for biscuits, breads, cake and cookies. The scent of this culinary must-have should make your nose tingle.