Article: The Main Ingredient: Thyme and thyme again; Herb goes well in everything from breakfast to dessert

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IF you could cook with only one herb for the rest of your life, thyme would be a good choice.

You could do breakfast: Thyme flavors our traditional breakfast sausages, and it pairs wonderfully with eggs.

Main dishes are taken care of since thyme works well with all meats, fish, poultry, soups, stews, vegetables, cream sauces, anything cheesy - and it's essential in any dish that requires the French herb combination bouquet garni.

Even dessert calls for thyme. Honey made by bees that have feasted on tiny purple thyme flowers is a delicacy, and "lemon thyme" - one of literally hundreds of thyme varieties - lends its subtle citrus essence to cookies ...

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