1.   Add a bewitching touch with a favorite herb, exotic spices, wine or an unexpected thickener, such as cornmeal, tapioca, rice or pureed vegetables.

2.   But behind the bleak false fronts and mirrored windows are exotic spice palaces, Indian restaurants and silk shops, purveyors of statuettes of Hindu gods and glittering saris.

3.   Exotic spices!

4.   Foreign merchants established markets in Changan to sell exotic spices and aromatics, camels, horses, tropical birds, jewelry, ivory and furs.

5.   Hot spices, spice blends and more exotic spices are chic and trendy these days.

6.   I even prepared food with exotic spices and sauteed onions from my library of cookbooks.

7.   In Sicilian cooking, couscous, blood oranges, wild fennel, capers, pungent olives and even exotic spices like saffron all fit into the intricate culinary fabric.

8.   It was different OK -- a Middle Eastern medley of chickpeas, feta cheese, tofu and exotic spices drizzled with honey.

9.   Karadsheh solved the problem many cooks face when they purchase an exotic spice or blend to use in a specific recipe.

10.   Simmer cranberries and exotic spices into a complex chutney.