Herbs category: 799 books

In the tenth River Cottage Handbook, Nikki Duffy shows how to grow and cook with herbs. Herbs are the most liberating and confidence-boosting of ingredients: grow some and you feel like a proper gardener, bring some into the kitchen and you feel like a proper cook. They allow you to experiment...

This book is full of inspiration and practical advice on cultivating a kitchen herb garden,and on using its fresh,home-grown herbs in your cooking. There is detailed information on how to plan,plant,grow and maintain thirty selected herbs in a herb garden that will always be productive.Additionally,there...

"Growing Herbs at Home" describes ten everyday herbs, how to grow them and a little useful information about each one…. Aloe vera Basil Chives Coriander Garlic Mint Parsley Sage Thyme Watercress Herbs have been cultivated for medicinal and culinary use for thousands of years. The herbs...

Enjoy a thriving, fragrant herb garden and use your harvest to bring beauty, flavor, and health to your everyday life. Tammi Hartung provides in-depth profiles of 101 popular herbs, including information on seed selection, planting, maintenance, harvesting, and drying. Hartung also shows you how to...

No kitchen should be without these fifteen beautiful, versatile, aromatic, and savory wonders of the culinary world. These herbs form the backbone of the quintessential kitchen garden and are the flavorful basis for many a delectable dish. If you're looking for simple ways to spice up your cooking,...

Growing Herbs is a comprehensive guide to everything you could want to know about all kinds of herbs. This fantastic resource contains information about growing your own herbs and outlines how to harvest and store them. Learn how to use herbs for cooking, making cosmetics, skin care products and perfumes,...

The power of medicinal herbs cannot be appreciated enough. It can provide you with a range of cures in a matter of moments. This eBook will take a glance at the best medicinal herbs for beginners.  You will also be able to learn the ins and outs of how to grow your own medicinal herbs at home.

Anyone can grow a herb garden.  Herbs are decorative, attract useful insects, are relatively easy to grow, and above all are delicious when used in cooking or flavouring.   This book tells you how to grow – and store - your own culinary herbs, from seed or from cuttings....

"I'm wild about this book! Tim and Jan give us all the knowledge to cultivate our own herbs and endless ways to put them on the family table." Lorrianne Crook, host of Celebrity Kitchen and co-host of the nationally syndicated Crook & Chase Countdown Spice up your cooking with...

For centuries herbs and spices have been an integral part of many of the world’s great cuisines. But spices have a history of doing much more than adding life to bland foods. They have been the inspiration for, among other things, trade, exploration, and poetry. Priests employed them in worship,...

Margaret Roberts is a household name in the field of natural products that enhance health and well-being. My 100 Favourite Herbs draws on the established success of Margaret's earlier work, adding and updating information about the popular practice of growing one's own herbs and using them in the...

Comprehensive backyard farming guide to growing herbs for its many different uses in food and medicine. Backyard Farming: Growing Herbs for Food and Medicine is your one-stop guide for growing and utilizing herbs in your life. Intended to serve as a comprehensive primer for first-time gardeners,...

Is it the influence of the "Green Movement?"  Or is it the growing concern over the economy?  Or perhaps I's just the love of herbs have finally gotten hold of enough people to create the interest in herb gardening we see today. Whatever reason brings you to desire -- or even consider...

Over 100 Recipes for Health and Healing There have been many books written on herbal medicine. This book differs from most because it is based on the empowerment model, which aims to help people take responsibility for their own health. Houghton helps readers tackle everyday ailments...