Seasons in Thyme
Author: Jr League Birmingham
Four seasonal menu sections await you, featuring the best of Michigan traditions, tastes, and flavors. Offering both simple recipes and gourmet fare, this elegant book offers something for every cook - winter, spring, summer, and fall. Some of metro-Detroit's best-known chefs share gourmet recipes in the special chef chapter.
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Ancient Herbs
Author: Marina Heilmeyer
The forty plants in this book present both herbs and other plants that were important for culinary, medicinal, and cult purposes in classical antiquity. Thus olive and pomegranate, myrtle and rose join coriander and marjoram, garlic and thyme. In the introduction, the author draws on her extensive knowledge of ancient practices to paint an intriguing image of the uses of and myths about plants from Greek and particularly Roman kitchen gardens. Quotes from classical authors testify to ancient practices, some curious, some still standard today.
The delightful illustrations reproduce drawings from early nineteenth-century botanical publications, which often show the plants at various stages of growth, from seeds through ripe fruits.
Table of Contents:
Introduction 1Ancient Herbs
Absinthe: Artemisia absinthium 18
Anise: Pimpinella anisum 20
Asaferida: Ferula assa-foetida 22
Basil: Ocimum basilicum 24
Bay Laurel: Laurus nobilis 26
Bee Balm: Melissa officinalis 28
Caraway: Carum carvi 30
Celery: Apium graveolens 32
Chamomile: Chamaemelum nobile = Anthemis nobilis 34
Chicory: Cichorium intybus 36
Clover: Melilotus officinalis 38
Coriander: Coriandrum sativum 40
Cretan Dittany: Origanum dictamnus 42
Cumin: Cuminum cyminum 44
Dill and Fennel: Anethum graveolens and Foeniculum vulgare 46
Elecampane: Inula helenium 48
Fenugreek: Trigonella foenum-graecum 50
Garlic and Onion: Allium sativum and Allium cepa 52
Hollyhock: Alcea rosea 54
Horehound: Marrubium vulgare 56
Hyssop: Hysoppus officinalis 58
Iris: Iris x germanica var. florentina 60
Juniper: Juniperus communis 62
Lovage: Levisticum officinale 64
Marjoram: Origanum majorana 66
Mugwort: Artemisia vulgaris 68
Mustard: Sinapis alba 70
Myrtle: Myrtus communis 72
Olive: Olea europaea 74
Parsley: Petrosdinum crispum 76
Pennyroyal: Mentha pulegium 78
Pomegranate: Punica granatum 80
Poppy: Papaver somniferum 82
Rose: Rosa gallica 84
Rosemary: Rosmarinus officinalis 86
Rue: Ruta graveolens 88
Sage: Salvia officinalis 90
Spearmint: Mentha spicata 92
St.-John's-wort: Hypericum perforatum 94
Thyme: Thymus vulgaris and Thymus serpyllum 96
Acknowledgments 98
A Note on Illustrations 99
Suggestions for Further Reading 100
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