10 Things to Prepare with a Mortar and Pestle | Kitchn
Sep 02, 2016#0183;#32;For years I resisted buying a mortar and pestle how could it really be all that useful in the kitchen, anyway? I feel that way about most nonessentials since I live in a minuscule apartment. Then, finally, after years of grinding my cumin seeds with the bottom of an old saucepan, I gave in and bought a lovely one from a favorite kitchen store.