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Culinary Herb FAQ
- All you ever wanted to know - and ask on a newsgroup - more often than once a month - about culinary herbs. A FAQ for rec.gardens, alt.folklore.herbs, and the culinary herblist.
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Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
- Reference information about more than 100 herbs and spices, plus their usage in ethnic cuisines.
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Blue Sky Farm Recipes
- Traditional and vegetarian recipes flavored with herbs, and information on growing and using herbs.
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Great American Spice Company
- Over 27,000 recipes in this index.
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Botanical.Com Index of Recipes
- An index of assorted recipes using herbs and other basic food stuffs.
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Indian Curry Company
- Resource for Indian cooking, choose from one of several hundred recipes.
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Schwartz
- Search database of spicy recipes and special offers from this UK spice company.
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Red Alert
- Several recipes featuring paprika.
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Indian Delicacies
- Spices and spice powders for Indian cooking like garam masala, rasam powder and sambhar powder.
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A Pinch Of
- Creative information and recipes about culinary herbs and spices.
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Cyberspace Grill Herb and Spice Index
- A descriptive index of 48 herbs and spices, such as Basil, Cumin, Coriander, and Lemongrass. Descriptions include photos and history.
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Cyberspace Grill Spice Recipes
- Firey Spice Recipes including BBQ rub, curry powder, red Thai curry, Cajun blackening, crab boil, shichimi togarashi, garam masala.
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SpiceAdvice
- An informative site about spices, including a spice encyclopedia, usage tips and seasonal recipes.
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FoodSwitch.net
- Guide to sites with information on finding herbs, using herbs, herb recipes, growing herbs, health from herbs, and herb nutrition.
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Herb Information from AsiaRecipe
- Information, uses, history and recipes.
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Herb Recipes at Ace Zones
- Assorted selection of herb recipes.
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The Zen Herbs Co
- A portal for information about herbs and spices from around the world. Includes an interactive garden, and advice.
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Guide to Culinary Salts from GourmetSleuth
- A cook's guide to culinary salt including descriptions, photographs and suggested substitutions.
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Epazote by Gourmetsleuth
- The leaves of this plant are also known as Mexican tea. The article discusses history, uses, nutrition and includes recipes.
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Epicentre Exotic Spice Recipes
- Spices and ethnic cuisines with tested recipes, an encyclopedia of spices, and spice usage and history.
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Herbs and Spices
- Outline of a numbers of spices with graphics of each.
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Basil Recipes at Recipezaar
- Recipes featuring basil.
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Thewisegardener.com
- Tropical cooking and gardening with spices and herbs.
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Herbs and Spices by Ron Lunde
- An index of about 50 herbs and spices, with background information, uses, recipes and growing information.
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Gardening For All Seasons
- Cooking with herbs information and recipes.
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Herb and Spice Chart
- Tells which foods seasonings go best with.
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Saffron
- Presents assorted information on the subject.
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rocoto.com
- A Website dedicated to collecting, growing, eating, and preserving South American chile peppers
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Allspice
- Short discussion and list of uses.
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Cardamom
- Short discussion and list of uses.
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Jalapeno Madness
- Dedicated to the world's greatest chili pepper. Recipes, links and information.
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Pepper Fool
- Many spicy recipes, restaurant reviews, and chili information.
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Asian Ingredients
- Information and uses of spices in many cuisines including Thai, Korean, Phillipino, Chinese, Japanese, and Kosher.
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Cilantro from GourmetSleuth
- Recipes and an article discussing the history, uses, and nutrition of the leaves of the coriander plant which is also known as Chinese parsley.
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Chili Recipes at Recipezaar
- Recipes featuring chili
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Fresh Herb Recipes
- Recipes from Shenandoah Growers.
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Seasoned Pioneers
- Exotic and authentic spice blends, chillies, spices and specialist culinary ingredients of every major world cuisine. Information and advice on usage together with many recipes.
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Greenline: A Kitchen Herb Garden
- Tips for growing useful herb gardens and recipe for fresh herb butter.
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The Herb Garden -- Drying Herbs
- Fact sheet from University of Illinois Extension on this topic.
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Angelica
- Information and how to preserve this herb which is a popular flavouring for confectionery and liqueurs
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Basil
- A old recipe for aromatic seasoning taken from a book published in 1931, written in fairy old English.
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Coriander
- Recipe from a book published in 1931, for curry powder.
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Lemon Grass
- Also know as Takrai, it is popular in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. How to grow, use, and store.
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Selecting, Storing and Using Fresh Herbs
- A fact sheet on the topic, from Ohio State University Extension. Includes practical table of culinary herb uses.
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Salsify
- Recipe for soup, or served baked, with cheese, or stewed. From a book published in 1931.
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Epazote at About.com
- Learn about the good and bad of epazote as well as recipes that include the pungent herb.
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Nurse Mary-Bell's Herb Popovers
- Simple recipe using cayenne pepper, minced fresh parsley, and dried thyme.
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Cardamom
- Brief introduction as well as some Scandinavian recipes using cardamom.
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Sheila's Herb Patch
- Includes recipes and seasoning suggestions, with brief descriptions and photos of various herbs.
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Spice & Herb Encyclopedia
- Created by the Culinary Café, this site offers general descriptions, geographical sources, traditional ethnic uses, taste and aroma, history and region of origin, and creative uses of over forty spices and herbs.
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Cooking with Herbs
- Recipes for appetizers, condiments, soups, and main courses using fresh herbal ingredients.
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Edible Flowers
- Information and photographs of edible flowers, and how to use them in cooking.
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Charlotte's Gardens
- Recipes featuring herbs.
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Herbs in the Kitchen
- Recipes using herbs, edible flowers and produce. Dressings, marinades, salads, vegetables, meats, poultry, seafood, drinks and desserts.
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Wild Greek Oregano - All About
- About, History and Uses of wild Greek oregano, the perennial herb Origanum vulgaris.
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Linda's Garden
- Culinary Herb uses, recipes, and teas. Tips on growing, harvesting and a bit of herbal history. Recipes indexed by herb.
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Make your own herbal vinegars
- Create herbal vinegars for cooking and adding flavor,beauty treatments and for medicinal uses.
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Cooking With Fresh Herbs
- Offers a complete fresh herb fact with pictures and information on dozens of herbs.
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Better Homes and Gardens : Spices
- Find out which spices are perfect for certain types of foods and create a tasty meal for you and your family! Also, learn a few tricks for substituting dried herbs and spices.
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Starchefs: Edible Flowers
- A listing of recipes using edible flowers as ingredients.