Spices

Attended a food festival and here are some of the lesson with regards Spices:

• Buy spices in small quantities
• Use within 12-18 months so to leverage the freshness
• Toast the spice to extract crucial oils
• Keep the spices away from light
• Some chefs have the ability to put the right quantity of spices into food without measuring
• Have a small blender or coffee blender for grinding the spices
• When cooking Indian foods do not use olive oil, as it clashes with spices, instead use grape seed oil 
• Vegetable oil has the highest smokin point