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Lavender is a genus of 39 species of flowering plants in the mint family. It’s not only lovely and fragrant, but a charming culinary herb. It enhances sweet and savory foods with a floral and slightly sweet flavor. Bees love lavender nectar—hence lavender honey. And you can drizzle some of that honey over lavender-coated goat’s…
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Flat-leaf parsley available from WhiteflowerFarm.com. Parsley is perhaps the most common culinary herb—but do you ever use the entire bunch before it yellows away? If not, a windowsill or garden pot of parsley will add beauty and convenience to your home. Flat-leaf Italian parsley is more flavorful than the curly variety, so choose it to…
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As lavender is to Provence, thyme is to Greece. The herb is native to the Mediterranean. There are almost 100 species of thyme, which can range in color from deep green to gray and golden-green (look for golden lemon thyme). It’s a very aromatic herb—so much so that it lures honeybees (in ancient Greece, thyme…
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You can get a sampler of mints from WhiteflowerFarm.com. From left: Apple mint, spearmint and peppermint. Native to the Mediterranean and popular in western sweets like ice cream and chocolate, mint is a staple in savory dishes as well: that famous English dish, roast lamb with mint sauce and buttered peas (a modern version is…
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If you enjoy cooking with oregano, try it fresh instead of dried. While some people prefer dried oregano to fresh because the flavor is more powerful, the beauty of the fresh herb adds a lot to the visual presentation as well as the aroma. Oregano is a more pungent relative of marjoram—oregano is also known…
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