We rely on herbs and seasoning plants to give us the food flavors that we love, no matter where or which country they originated. Here is the basic reference for growing them and using them in the kitchen. Here is a start, with 576 identified plants on 362 pages, with 312 color photographs and drawings. Not all food seasonings come from little cans, purchased in the market. Many seasoning plants may grow in your garden. It is time to learn what and where seasoning plants can grow and have a pallette of seasonings in your garden, or even in a window box.

Edible Herbs, And The Plants that Add Flavor
Fern Ritchie

Can you imagine a glorious plate of pasta in its rich tomato sauce without any seasoning, or perhaps that Thanksgiving turkey with an unseasoned stuffing ?

Completely unreasonable, isn’t it? Consider all the dishes you treasure with distinctive seasonings. They are the tastes with which you were raised, and most likely, some that you added to your own table as you found them. There are even the seasonings that identify certain ethnic foods. Who would want to do without them?

What about the seasonings that you have yet to discover? They are already there, all you need is an introduction. Here it is. The book includes many seasoning sources that are not classed as herbs, some are not even classed as spices. Here is another adventure in edibles, many of which you will not find on market spice shelves.
Herbs and spices do not have to come from those little cans in the market. Indeed, they have better flavor when they are fresh and most of them can be home grown. If you want year around herbs and spices, collect them at harvest time and dry or preserve them for better flavor.

A perennial herb garden in your yard is both decorative and useful. A salad for lunch? Why not have fresh parsley, some chives, a touch of fennel or celery seed in it that came from the garden?

After disasters or other times of stress, seasoning becomes urgent to make what foods you have more pleasant and acceptable. Besides knowing what is available for seasoning, being able to identify the plants takes on increased importance.

This is the fourth book in the Incredible Edible Series. 576 identified plants and 312 color illustrations are included in the 362 page book.

Excerpts From This Book

Contents:

Foreword.

Preface.

Warning.

Dedication.

Disclaimer

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Part A. Introduction.

Botanical Names.

Seed Life,

Viability.

Collecting Seeds.

PH Range.

Fertilizer Sources and Mineral Availability.

Fertilizer Sources.

Keeping The Bugs down.

Climate Zones.

Zone Map.

Key To Plant Information.

Note About Additional Pictures

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Part B. Edible Herbs:

Culinary Herbs, Spices,

Flavorings

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Part C. Seed and Plant Catalog Sources.

Sources Listed By Plant Names.

Acknowledgments.

Bibliography.

ISBN: 0-939656-25-6, $81.95