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At Spice Zen, we find it hard to believe that 2018 has already gone and 2019 has started. What a year 2018 has been for Spice Zen!! We are grateful to our patrons for their love and support through our first year of business. We launched our website in early 2018 and started attending Sydney’s food markets in September. It has been an awesome journey and a steep learning curve. Going to the markets, we feel much closer to our customers, have a better understanding of their preferences and

Every parent wants the best for their child. From the day that we find out we are pregnant, and onwards throughout their lives, we strive to do the very best for them. Food is a huge topic of conversation when it comes to the whole baby journey, and for good reason. It matters! There is so much information out there to make us worry, its a whirlwind of opinions and judgement and confusion. Do we start solids too early or too late? Should we wait to let baby taste seafood? Should w

Why I prefer fresh ground spices? Ground Spices are often purchased from supermarkets, specialty shops or online stores but are you sure of their purity and freshness? Any cooking connoisseur will say that grinding whole spices yourself is the best way to consume them. Fresh ground spices have superior aroma, flavour and texture as they release essential oils containing the aroma and flavour. These essential oils dissipate with time based on how it is stored, reducing the aroma a

Welcome to the Spice Zen, home of the freshest spices. My mother used to say that any food made with love is good food and it will nourish your body and soul. My father would just say good food is anything cooked by my mother’s hands. Pure love needs pure ingredients. But as I grew older and left home I realised things had changed. I started scrutinising all the ingredients in the food I was consuming. I was shocked to discover pesticides, chemicals, additives, fillers and