Article: Herbs: From kooks to cooks to gardens

Herbs are not for witches only.

"Ten years ago there was sort of a mystery surrounding herbs," said Sal Gilbertie, author of Kitchen Herbs: The Art and Enjoyment of Growing Herbs and Cooking With Them. "The people who got the publicity for growing herbs were labeled as kooks, people into witchcraft. Now the emphasis is culinary, which is their primary use."

Gilbertie - the owner of Gilbertie's Herb Farm in Easton and Westport, Conn., the largest producer of potted herb plants in the United States - has created a book that will take you from dropping the first seed to snipping the first foliage to creating an inspired dish.

Herb growing is an art that people have been increasingly ...

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