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Toasting whole spices heats the volatile flavor compounds within them, causing those compounds to change shape and recombine, forming new, more complex aromas.| Serious Eats
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Here's what you need to know, along with results from our tests of the most common choices for beef stew, to get the best beef stew every time.| Serious Eats