Dec 6, 2017 | Cook's Blog, Recipes
How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract Anyone who has gone to the grocery store to pick up a bottle of Pure Vanilla Extract knows that vanilla extract prices are sky high! But vanilla extract is an essential ingredient for baked goods and desserts that simply are not...
Nov 28, 2017 | Cook's Blog
The Art of Curing Vanilla beans don’t come off the vine black and shiny as we know and love them. They start out green, their tips yellowing as they ripen and loosen their grip on the mother plant. At that moment of harvest, the vanilla bean begins a fraught and...
Nov 13, 2017 | Cook's Blog
With prices for pure vanilla at astronomical levels, many commercial users are switching to cheaper alternatives. That means vanillin. There’s a lot of confusion about vanillin, because it is often thought of as an artificial ingredient. In fact it’s the most...
Nov 2, 2017 | Cook's Blog, Vanilla Market Reports
Cook Flavoring Company Vanilla Market Report November 2017 Here’s the news you’ve not been waiting for: Vanilla prices remain sky-high in Madagascar, price setter for the global vanilla market. We just spent three weeks in the Sava, driving its famously rutted mud...
Sep 26, 2017 | Cook's Blog, Vanilla Market Reports
Cook Flavoring Company Vanilla Market Report June 2017 This week’s official opening of Madagascar’s green vanilla market shows every sign of continuing the turmoil that has plagued the market for the past two years. As we celebrate our 100th anniversary, we hate to...
Mar 8, 2017 | Cook's Blog, Vanilla Market Reports
We’ve had a major disaster just hit the vanilla region of Madagascar. The news is very grim. Cyclone ENAWO struck the island Tuesday, destroying a significant portion of Madagascar’s vanilla crop. The cyclone made a direct strike on Antalaha and Sambava, the two...