The Green Guide to Herb Gardening

The chapter then covers the history, magic and folklore of the herb as well as the individual planting, cultivating, harvesting and storage unique to the herb. When you're saying, "Wow, that's a lot of information," you reach the next page on the culinary uses of the herb. This is my favorite part. An example of all the different recipes for Basil are:

Culinary Uses

These are good served with chicken or fish

8 oz spinach noodles
3/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons fresh basil

Cook spinach noodles per package instructions. Melt butter in a frying pan and add basil. Stir until basil wilts. Place cooked, drained noodles in a serving bowl and pour basil/butter mixture over top. Toss and serve. (excerpt from book)

Even though this tea possesses many medicinal benefits, you can drink it just for the flavor. Enjoy some on a cold winter evening to get your circulation going.

6-8 sprigs any culinary variety of basil
4-6 cups rapidly bowling water

Place sprigs in a teapot and add boiling water to cover. Steep covered about 10 to 15 minutes. Strain. Add honey of desired. (excerpt from book).

Then the book moves into the remedies of each herb (with a full description):

To finish off the chapter, we get a description of the aromatic, cosmetic, ornamental and other uses. Though I've used Basil as an example for this review, Ms. Harding also covers: