No scrap left behind

If coffee grounds could talk, a pile of used ones from Portland, Oregon, would be thanking Joel Gamoran for giving them a chance. The national chef for Sur La Table rescued the grounds moments before a barista tossed them out. Later that day, he mixed them with brown sugar, chili, cumin and coriander and rubbed the mix on a pork shoulder. “It was musky and bitter and chocolatey rich — it has a lot of personality,” says Gamoran, who lives in New York City and hosts the TV show “Scraps” on the FYI network. Coffee grounds are far from the only ingredients too often dismissed as garbage. Here are seven others experts recommend embracing:

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