The phrase "array of spices" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a variety or selection of different spices available for cooking or seasoning.
Example: "The chef presented an impressive array of spices that enhanced the flavors of the dish."
Alternatives: "variety of spices" or "selection of spices".
An owner of one of the largest Indian and Middle Eastern food stores in Manhattan, with an extensive array of spices, said in a telephone interview that he could not get the peppercorns anymore.
There are expensive Mac computers in the bedrooms, and the kitchen holds an impressive array of spices (turmeric, pink peppercorns, cardamom), not one but two mortars and pestles, designer Japanese knives and a seltzer-making machine.
Beyond it is a room where every surface is covered with staples like rice, dried beans, quinoa and olive oil; an array of spices, nuts, teas, chocolate and chorizos, and some fresh produce like jicama.
Fearnley-Whittingstall uses a dazzling array of spices: fennel, cumin, coriander, paprika, cayenne pepper, sumac and harissa paste, which makes his koftes as orange as a Calippo, or indeed the notoriously geyser-like merguez sausage, ruiner of a thousand silky summer outfits.
The tandoori dishes come out of that fierce clay oven steaming, but not dried out or blackened with charring ($19-$19-$24hile the always--and intentionally--spicy lamb vindaloo ($21) reveals an array of spices that otherwise might easily get lost in the heat.
Pheasant's Tears Rkatsiteli, Kakheti, Georgia 2013 (from £15.95, slurp.co.uk; ottolenghi.co.uk) It's no surprise to find this wonderful example of clay amphora-aged Georgian orange wine on the list at Ottolenghi: with its array of spice, nuts and subtle honeyed notes it would work brilliantly with modern Middle Eastern food.
The French imported a whole array of spicing and preparation notions that we know as Creole cuisine; and it was the Scots who liked to fry their chicken, unlike the boiled bird of British choice.
If your taste tends more toward Indonesian rijsttafel, there is an enticing array of Indonesian spices, sambals and sauces too.
All of our dishes were well-seasoned with a full array of Indian spices -- cumin, cloves, cardamom, anise seed -- but were not fiery.
On our arrival I gave her a candelabra, some sugar, an array of Indian spices, and rice true luxuries in the bush.
On our arrival I gave her a candelabra, some sugar, an array of Indian spices and rice true luxuries in the bush.
