Article: Give your food an intense flavor boost with fresh herbs.(Recipe)

Byline: Steve Petusevsky

The culinary world would be very different if there were no fresh herbs. Thousands of classic dishes would have never been invented, and we'd never know the intense perfume of basil, tarragon, thyme and rosemary. I can't even imagine what cooking would be like.

A world without pesto, bearnaise sauce and chimichurri is unfathomable. Consider cuisine without chopped parsley, potatoes drizzled with sweet butter but no dill and fresh tacos or salsa sans cilantro.

Oddly enough, most home cooks are familiar with only five or six herbs when there are dozens. I think most of this is because no one teaches cooks when to use ...

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