Marion Barnes has been the food editor at several West Coast newspapers, perhaps because of all the fabulous cookbooks that she gets to preview. She also is an award-winning wedding cake designer and ...

Chervil is a cool season herb planted outside in the early fall here in our area for late fall to early winter harvest. It needs the cool weather to thrive in our temperature zone but will need ...

Chervil is a cool season herb planted outside in the early fall in our area for late fall to early winter harvest. It needs the cool weather to thrive in our temperature zone but will need protection ...

Chives often are snipped to top baked potatoes. Its flowers are pink. ( Ann McCormick - Special Contributor ) Clockwise from top left: cilantro, Italian parsley, garlic chives, chervil ( Ann McCormick ...

A container of chives in bloom awaiting harvest for kitchen use. (Rick Wetherbee) Few things celebrate the arrival of the gardening season as do the culinary herbs of springtime. The first tendril ...

Come summer, when mint takes over the garden and basil is piled high at farmers' markets, fresh herbs are more than a garnish, they're the star of many of our meals. They add dimension to salads and ...

A-Cerfeuil is the French word for chervil, a delicate, fern-like garden herb which is mostly available here in dried form. A search of several ethnic markets didn`t turn up any canned chervil. Some ...

“Chervil, like the virtuous young lady, has a minimum of personal history.” So wrote Avanelle Day and Lillie Stuckey in their 1964 classic, “The Spice Cookbook.” Their ensuing portrait of the herb, ...

A plentiful supply of mint, sage, basil and other flavorful plants is pretty much guaranteed from a herb garden during the summer, but what about in winter? Thankfully, there are herbs you can grow in ...

CONSIDERING France is the country that gave the world the expression menage a trois, it’s probably not surprising that cooks there have defined ways to use herbs in multiples too. Three of these ...

When it comes to herbs, I have the ultimate seasonal affective disorder. In winter, I’m a complete conservative, rationing sage by the leaf and thyme by the sprig. But at the first sign of spring, I’m ...