19 March 2024

A Whisper of Cardamom - how to spice up your baking with Eleanor Ford

We are always excited when a new spice cookbook comes out but we are particularly excited by award-winning author Eleanor Ford's new book A Whisper of Cardamom.

13 June 2023

Online Steenbergs Stockists

We’re really pleased that there are so many lovely retailers all over the country where you can stock up on Steenbergs organic spices, teas and home baking ingredients. Whether in a physical shop or online you can be assured of the same high-quality...

07 November 2022

A chat with author & wellness consultant Mira Manek

Mira Manek is an author and wellness consultant with her own Café in London. To celebrate Diwali, we were delighted that she shared her delicious Rose Falooda Bites recipe with us - a sweet milky dessert flavoured with rose and served sprin...

23 June 2022

The Fertility Kitchen - a new cookbook and essential guide

The Fertility Kitchen by Charlotte Grand is an essential guide to supporting fertility. Charlotte, a qualified nutritional therapist and acupuncturist, started her exploration into the correlation between lifestyle and fertility following an unexplai...

01 June 2022

Meet the Team: Lucy

Meet the team - Lucy the accountant - one of the longest serving members of staff, Lucy shares her favourite spice blend and the tea that she can't do without in the mornings.

22 February 2021

Why ras-al-hanout is top of the shop

Discover the history behind the Middle Eastern spice blend with over 20 key ingredients

22 September 2020

Flavour your Way to a Stronger Immune System: The Best Herbs & Spices for Cold and Flu Season

Read our fascinating guest blog from Mel, aka Dopamine Chef, on how to eat to boost your immune system

21 February 2019

5 Favourite Pancake Fillings

Pep up your pancakes with authentic spices and delicious flavoured sugars in our new recipes ideas.

23 March 2018

Pepper Menu

Pepper Menu - classifying peppers by their smells, flavours and food pairings.

14 March 2018

The Different Flavours Of Pepper

Rethinking Pepper - Developing A Way To Classify Peppers Based On Flavours.

29 June 2016

Steenbergs: progress at 11 Hallikeld Close

Progress on Steenbergs' new factory is moving along decently since April.  The joists have been put in for the second floor and most of the flooring.

07 August 2015

Recipe For Fragrant Rose Rice Pudding or Rose Kheer

Rose Rice Pudding With Raspberries

19 July 2015

Cinnamongate: is cinnamon safe to eat?

We regularly get asked questions about the safety of cinnamon, e.g. “is cinnamon safe to consume?” or “how much coumarin is there in Steenbergs cinnamon?”  There's a lot of chatter about this issue in webworld and in blogs.

13 June 2014

Spice Taster Panel - Ras Al Hanut and Organic Harissa with Rose

05 June 2012

Cooking With A Wonderbag

Sophie came across the Wonderbag on the radio and then The Guardian, so one arrived several weeks thereafter.  Basically, a Wonderbag is a modern and green take on the slow cooker and that you find in books as far back as Mrs Beeton’s and even like t...

25 April 2012

Dosas – Southern Indian Pancakes

My parents have recently come back from a wedding in Southern India and they have been to one of my favourite regions, Kerala.  They were blown away by the delicious food and already miss the flavours of their staple, the dosa.  At about the same tim...

17 April 2012

Pretty Little Rich Cake

It was Sophie’s birthday the other day.  We went out en famille for a Chinese meal at Sweet Basil in Kirk Hammerton.  Sophie wanted a strawberry cake, so I felt like trying something a bit old-fashioned.  Before Bird and Dr Oetker independently came...

28 March 2012

Sophie Grigson Cookery Demonstration At The Oak Tree In Helperby

On Monday 26th, we had arranged a cookery demonstration by Michael Ibbotson (who owns the acclaimed The Durham Ox); they have, also, recently taken over The Punch Bowl in Marton cum Grafton and breathed life back into it and are developing a reputati...