Article: Mint condition: fragrant, cooling, summery, this grow-almost-anywhere herb peps up everything from salad dressings to ice cream. Pick a few leaves and get ready to salute the gayest blade in the garden.

YOU COULD TRAVEL THE BREADTH OF THE temperate world eating mint at every meal. Not that such a quest would be the smartest way to spend your midlife crisis or retirement fund, but it would be satisfying. In England you'd dine on lamb with mint jelly; in the Alps you'd sip minty liqueurs with inscrutable monks. You'd touch down in Italy for osso buco with gremolata followed by a delicioso mint gelato. Circling the Mediterranean, you could consume mint tea in Morocco, dolmades in Greece, and mint-flecked tabbouleh in Lebanon. In Vietnam, goi cuon. In Thailand, nam sod ... You get the idea. And all along the way, you'd probably begin and end every single day with mint. ...

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