A whole pork leg is braised in a star anise-flavored sweet and salty sauce until melt-in-your-mouth tender.

Buttery, vanilla scented bread dough filled with almond marzipan and spiced plum compote.

St. Germain gives this Pear Sorbet Champagne Cocktail and extra boost of amazing flavor. Happy New Year!

Spiced Holiday Punch is flavored with warm spices and topped off with fizzy soda.

Vegan cornmeal biscotti cookies with lemon zest, anise seed and almonds. Add them to you holiday cookie tray or serve with tea and coffee.

With a cake-like texture and warm licorice flavor, my grandmother’s Italian Anise Cookies are a longstanding holiday tradition in my family.

The delicate sweetness of the buckwheat honey, cinnamon, star anise and the nutmeg that compliments just about every hot drink.

Traditional German Mulled Wine (Glühwein). Get drunk at Christmas with style.

Tiny poached apples served in sweetly cranberry spiced syrup with dried cherries.

No canned cranberry sauce this year! For the love of all that is good make this Spiced Apple Cider Cranberry Sauce!

Spiced Brandy Soused Clementines: A delectable way to preserve clementines and also a wonderful foodie gift.

Spiced Pumpkin Bourbon: an entire sugar pie pumpkin and Fall spices flavor your fave bourbon for the best DIY holiday gift (no sugar)

A spicy poached pear with chai syrup. Perfect for the cold autumn days!

Warm up with this creamy acorn squash soup with star anise!

Buttery brioche tarts topped with jam, cardamom almond frangipane and spiced poached pears.

Easy Pickled Watermelon Rind that’s usually discarded but so yummy when it’s pickled.

Fork tender, juicy, and infused with an intoxicating blend of spices. Slow Cooker Five Spice Chicken

Toasted Nut & Oat Granola served with a cinnamon & star anise Spiced Plum Compote and creamy yogurt.

Star Anise Panna Cotta with Caramelized Pineapple

Delicious winter blackberry jam! (in Italian with translator)

Chai-Spice Dulce de Leche. Spread on everything, or put it into small jars to give as gifts or wedding favors!