the everyday gourmet: essential secrets of spices in cooking the great courses whether oregano, chiles, coriander, cinnamon, thyme, or even tea, spices add incredible dimensions to what would otherwise be plain, ordinary meals. and while cooking with these and other spices from around the world can often be intimidating and confusing, they’re actually quite easy to adapt to your own everyday cooking. in the everyday gourmet: essential secrets of spices in cooking, join chef bill briwa of the culinary institute of america as he reveals the essentials of incorporating a variety of spices from around the world—and perhaps even your own backyard—into your everyday meals. an aromatic array of spices fills each of these six engaging lessons, providing you with myriad ways to use spices in soups and salads, with meat and fish, and even in drinks and desserts. filmed on location in the kitchens of the cia’s greystone campus in napa valley, these lessons are rich with insights that are sure to take your cooking to the next delicious level. every minute of this course places you in the hands of a chef whose decades of cooking education have given him both authority in the kitchen and that unique ability to teach and inspire others to cook. chef briwa has crafted a lecture series that’s essential for anyone looking to spice up everyday meals. and the included guidebook—with full-color photos, techniques for cooking with spices, and easy-to-read recipes—makes a handy resource for the home chef.