Caitlin PenzeyMoog is the grandchild of Bill and Ruth-Ann Penzey, who founded the Spice House in 1957, where Caitlin worked for most of her childhood. She studied journalism and media studies at the University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin. She is deputy managing editor of The A.V. Club. Caitlin lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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Every home cook has thoughts on the right and wrong ways to use spices. These beliefs are passed down in family recipes and pronounced by television chefs, but where do such ideas come from? Many are little better than superstition, and most serve only to... SEE MORE