Herbs dried from your own garden are a far cry from commercially dried herbs. For one thing, they are fresher—you have no way of knowing how long the herbs have set on the shelf before buying them. Secondly, they taste better because you grew them. This could be a mental effect rather than anything related [...]
The most common questions I get are usually related to the use of fresh herbs. Lots of people have never cooked with them, or even seen them, outside of an occasionally limp piece of parsley on the plate next to their meal at a steak house. Thankfully, people are becoming more and more aware of [...]
Most people either love or hate mushrooms, which is understandable. I fall distinctly into the love category. If you’ve been using canned cream of mushroom soup from the store, you will madly love how superior this homemade version is. 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced 1 onion, chopped (Shallots would be a great variation) 1/4 cup [...]
Oh, parsley… A humble, hard-working, oft-overlooked member of the herb family. When you think of herbs, parsley may be one of the first that comes to mind. Perhaps because it is widely available, it seems like it is often thought of as common or unimportant. This shouldn’t be the case! Parsley is incredibly versatile, and, [...]
