A terrific new guide to preparing and using fresh and dried herbs and spices to enhance flavor and turn ordinary dishes into something special, "Herbs & Spices" presents a cross-cultural collection of recipes and detailed information on hundreds of herbs and spices. Illustrations.
With more than 340,000 copies sold in hardcover, this essential, full-color resource is now available in paperback. Revealing the enormous potential of herbs, this sourcebook includes information on planting, growing, and harvesting herbs, as well as the main uses of herbs. It also offers an exhaustive identification guide, recipes, ideas for ...
Fully updated to reflect the nutritional needs of the '80s, this new edition of the classic guide to herbal medicine, natural foods and home remedies underscores the fundamental principle that true healing consists of a return to natural habits of living.
This practical guide to the planting, harvesting and use of more than 35 herbs and 30 different vegetables provides information on garden construction, gardening and techniques (including crop rotation and seed starting) and harvesting. There are also culinary tips on how to get the best flavour from everthing from asparagus to spinach, angelica ...
From the heralded chef of The Herbfarm restaurant comes a definitive guide to cooking with fresh herbs. of specially commissioned watercolors of herbs. Line drawings & photos.
This illustrated encyclopaedia includes more than 150 herb- and spice-based recipes - classic mixtures, as well as new and original ideas, together with detailed step-by-step preparation and cooking techniques. There are over 750 specially commissioned photographs of every source plant from around the world. Profile pages show the plant or spice ...
In his new book, Chef Paul works his culinary magic on America's classic regional recipes--San Francisco cioppino, Texas chili, Maryland crab cakes, for example. The results are more than 150 recipes that represent a whole new way of interpreting traditional American cooking. Special sections encourage home cooks to experiment and take risks for ...
Now you can create different gifts for every season--herbal wreaths for Christmas, valentine sachets, bridal bouquets, autumn potpourris--with this delightful collection of herbal gift ideas. The Pleasure of Herbs is a month-by-month guide to growing, using, and enjoying herbs. Now in its 13th printing.
Food is undeniably the spice of life, and Simonds proves it on every page of this seductive cookbook--from the Spicy Peanut Dip she offers in "Something To Graze On" to the Sesame Grilled Eggplant in "Pleasures from the Garden." Also included are the amazing healing properties of spices.
This A-Z guide to herbs explains how to grow and maintain them, how and when to use them in the kitchen, and what properties they have for medicinal, cosmetic and household purposes. It includes information on each herb's history, such as when it was discovered and what mythological and magical associations have grown up around it. There are also ...
Featuring 365 days of recipes, crafts, gardening recipes, remedies, and more, this special volume is a companion treasury from the author of the China Bayles mysteries.
The first glorious full-color life-style book about gardening, decorating, and cooking with herbs. More than 450 full-color illustrations and 25 black-and-white illustrations.
Thompson uses every edible part of a plant in these garden-fresh recipes. Even cooks whose garden is the farmer's market can appreciate this collection of over 300 recipes. Almost everyone who gardens or has access to a farmer's market has been intrigued by the growing numbers of Asian greens and vegetables, Thompson explains how to deal with them ...
The use of herbs has always played an important part in cooking. Now Emelie Tolley and Chris Mead have collected, from around the world, the ways in which herbs are used today to make even quickly prepared food more delicious.
This work includes more than 200 different kinds of herbs and spices. Its handy size is easy to carry to the grocery or specialty store. It is a follow-up to Field Guides to Stains, Gestures, Produce, Tools, Meat, and Cocktails - all wildly successful, and a great year-round. It's the little things that make a meal taste so good - a sprig of ...
Chef Paul introduces some of the world's great flavors and presents them in unusual combinations: ground pecans and coffee in a sauteed chicken recipe, black beans in bread, and plantains tenderizing a pork roast.
The Herb and Spice Companion is the newest addition to our very popular Companion series, which has already covered tea, cheese, chocolate, and coffee. With descriptions and ratings of more than 150 spices from around the world, The Herb and Spice Companion includes tips on storing and using spices to create innovative combinations of flavors. ...
Ethel Brennan shares the simple secrets of P rovence style cuisine in this recipe book that looks at the range of uses that the herbs of Provence can be used for. Th ese range from the obvious savoury dishes to subtle desserts & sweet scented cakes. '
In the first section of this book, Hurley profiles 45 herbs and how to use their nourishing and rejuvenating properties in the kitchen, the garden, and the medicine cabinet. In the second section, she shares remedies from herbal masters to beautify, fortify, and heal many common problems. Also includes growing tips and aromatherapy ideas.
America's most respected experts on the decorative and culinary uses of herbs present dozens of ideas for herbal condiments, preserves, and other nonperishable herbal preparations, all perfectly suited to gift giving. The authors of of Herbs, Cooking with Herbs, and Gifts from the Herb Garden tell how to enliven simple foods and create quick party ...
This complete guide to understanding, growing and using herbs provides botanical notes, cultivation tips and a key facts panel. It covers every aspect of the purchase, cultivation, harvesting and uses - including cookery, cosmetics, remedies and crafts - of all the most popular varieties, and provides insights into herb history and lore. Whether ...
The age-old art of cultivating home-grown herbs comes alive in this book, with all the information needed to grow productive herb gardens year round in even the smallest spaces. Includes recipes for herb-infused oils and vinegars, herb-scented biscotti, herb-flavored sorbets, as well as a resource directory, bibliography, and an index. Full color.
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