Comments on: Top 5 Herbs: The Winner

By: Top Five of the Month - March: Fresh Herbs | We Are Never Full

Top Five of the Month - March: Fresh Herbs | We Are Never Full — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:22:34 +0000

[...] The contest has ended for this month. Come on back next month for a new “Top 5″! Check out Top 5 Herbs winner here. [...]

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:20:45 +0000

I’m thrilled to be the choice of your random number generator. Thanks again, guys! I look forward to the seeds and herb book. Cheers!
Angela

By: rachel

rachel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:50:08 +0000

devastated i didn’t win….off to drown myself in curly parsely.

By: Hank

Hank — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:20:13 +0000

OK, I’ll bite. The herbs I use a lot that are a bit off the beaten track are lovage, rue, garlic chives, savory and anise hyssop. Lovage is a prima donna, loud, overbearing but oh-so good: Think celery and parsley having an illicit affair. Rue is deeply aromatic and intensely bitter. I use it in my rillettes and in caramelized onions (a tip I picked up from the French Laundry cookbook). Garlic chives are a frisky combination of both garlic and chives — what’s not to love, yes? Savory is a stewing herb that enjoys the company of beans, and anise hyssop make the best ice cream in the world.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:32:34 +0000

heather – i’m glad you pointed that out, as i didn’t want to look like a persnickety turd, but raising it suggests at least two future top five contests: top five root spices and top five bark spices. Non-culinary/botany snobs need not apply…

By: Giff

Giff — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:05:43 +0000

just came back to NY from a gorgeous spring like week in San Fran, and while today is gorgeous, the weather forecast is making me groooaaaannnnn! Every year, March kills me.

By: The Duo Dishes

The Duo Dishes — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:48:53 +0000

Lemon balm? We need to do more herb research!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:22:22 +0000

Lemon balm is a weed here and makes an excellent pistou for fish or chicken. I’m glad you liked my picks!

Cumin and cinnamon are technically spices, not herbs, since they come from bark and/or seeds. But that’s just me being a persnickety culinary botany snob.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:23:06 +0000

Yeah, gotta agree with Annalisa – I put either cilantro or cumin in everything savory, often both. And cinnamon in all of my desserts. Thanks for the list, makes us rethink some we may have forgotten about!

By: Annalisa

Annalisa — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:17:50 +0000

even though your contest is probably over, I just thought I would put my 2 cents in, Culantro (like really strong cilantro used in sofrito), and Cumin, I LOVE LOVE LOVE cumin, I put it in everything, salsa, rice, chicken, soups, etc etc. love your blog!