For years I avoided recipes that called for sumac, or relied on poor facsimiles using lemon juice. Every time I saw sumac in an ingredients list I would immediately begin to itch. I couldn't help but ...

While sumac as a spice remains associated with the Middle East, North America is in fact home to several deliciously edible species. Native Americans have long been using these sumacs, whose sour ...

Many people have sumac bushes growing in their backyards. The hardy shrub is native to this region and easy to grow — maybe too easy. It can and will spread unless care is taken to remove the suckers ...

When we think of marinating steaks, we tend to think of cuts like skirt steaks, flank steaks, chuck roasts, and even strips.

For many of us, something red on our plate signals to our palates either sweetness (as with strawberries or raspberries) or spiciness (usually chillies). But sumac has neither of those flavours: it is ...

Tama Matsuoka Wong, the forager for Restaurant Daniel, has released a new bottled tea, made with sumac. By Florence Fabricant The bold capital letters on the tea label say “weed,” but it’s not the ...

Pulverized dried sumac berries form the bright and tangy spice, popular in Middle Eastern cuisines—but sumac can do more than lend a tart earthy essence to meals. It is packed with an array of ...

If you like tart flavors, then sumac essence might be the ingredient you didn’t know your kitchen was missing. Sumac essence is one of my pantry’s most prized seasonal ingredients, to be eked out or ...