The Martha s Vineyard Times
Smoked Paprika Courtesy Vineyard Haven library
The only challenge to the first monthly Zoom Spice Club was that I wanted to make every single person’s recipe immediately after the gathering.
The club is the brainchild of Anne McDonough, program planner at the Vineyard Haven library. She said the idea stemmed from a conversation she had with the program director at the Nantucket library, Janet Forest, who said its club enjoyed a great and wide appeal, which is what McDonough is looking for here.
The idea of the club is actually super-simple. Every month you find an enticing recipe for the selected spice, make the delectable dish, then talk about it at the meeting. This month we worked with smoked paprika. Normal paprika is made of crushed dried chilies, while the smoked version uses peppers that are smoke-dried, usually in oak, giving it depth and distinct flavor. The library provided us with two tablespoons, and McDonough got hers fro