Article: Fresh herbs add spice to more cooks' lives

The newest cookbooks all have something in common. No matter whether they are New American, Italian, French, Mexican or Thai in focus, their authors assume all readers have backyard herb gardens.

In a few more years, that could be the case. Cooks who want to keep current already are planting basil, dill, coriander, lavender, thyme, tarragon and lemongrass. It just isn't possible to get by with a few bunches of parsley, some minced garlic or a few chives.

A few herbs, such as basil, dill and coriander, sporadically are sold in supermarkets. But to be assured of a ready supply of anything more than parsley, it is generally necessary to do some real digging with a garden spade. Once ...

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