Flowers more exotic than the humble tulip will soon flourish for the first time in Dutch greenhouses after intensive research into growing the capricious vanilla orchid to harvest one of the world's ...

Vanilla got a bad rap somewhere along the way. It became a synonym for plain, bland or ordinary. Yet vanilla may be the world's most exotic spice and most alluring scent. That means it's also ...

Trace back the history of vanilla and you learn that in Central America, it was first used by the Totonac Indians in their rituals. When the Aztecs took over, they discovered the magic of vanilla and ...

In his busy Tel Aviv restaurant, chef Yair Yosefi adds a magic ingredient to his signature cake: Israel's first commercially produced vanilla providing what devotees claim is perhaps the strongest ...

Guwahati: What was once known mainly as a prized flavouring for cakes and ice creams is now transforming lives in Assam’s forest villages. In a quiet success story unfolding across forest-fringe ...

Long gone are the days when heaps of green vanilla pods were drawn into town by mules and laid out on woven mats to dry in the sun, perfuming the streets before being packed up and sold abroad. In ...

Many mass produced foods, from ice cream to milk shakes to soy milk, are usually flavoured with artificial vanilla — but the real organic stuff is still very ...

Many mass produced foods, from ice cream to milk shakes to soy milk, are usually flavoured with artificial vanilla -- but the real organic stuff is still very expensive and sought-after — Menahem ...