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HERB OR SPICE
ALLSPICE
ANISE
Small, licorice-flavored
seeds.
BASIL
BAY LEAF
BORAGE
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
No
No
In some vegetable
markets
HERB OR SPICE
CARAWAY
Nutty, licorice-flavored
seeds.
CARDAMOM
Fragrant cinnamon-like
seed popular in baked
goods and Indian
cuisine.
CAYENNE
CELERY SEEDS
CHERVIL
CHILI POWDER
Commercial mix of
ground chile peppers,
cumin, oregano, and
other herbs and spices.
CHIVES
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
Outdoors
No
Outdoors
Excellent in
saladspotato, cole slaw,
and vegetable.
No
Ground
No
HERB OR SPICE
CINNAMON
CLOVE
CORIANDER/CILANTRO
CUMIN
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
No
No
No
HERB OR SPICE
DILL
FENNEL SEEDS
FILE POWDER
FINES HERBES
GINGER
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
Outdoors
Favorite for
Scandinavian breads,
cakes, cookies. Also good
with oily fish (it cuts the
oil), especially fish soup,
and with vegetables, in
salads and salad
dressing.
Outdoors
Ground dried
No
No
HERB OR SPICE
HYSSOP
JUNIPER
LAVENDER
LEMON GRASS
LEMON BALM
LOVAGE
MACE
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
Outdoors
No
Essential herb of
Indonesian and Near
Eastern cooking. Use in
fish, shellfish, chicken
soup, salsas, and
vinaigrettes. Low heat
brings out the flavor.
No
Excellent in summer
soups, salads, jellies and
jams, and with fruit.
Outdoors
No
HERB OR SPICE
MARJORAM
MINT
NUTMEG
OREGANO
PAPRIKA
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
No
Good in cooked
saladsespecially potato
and eggsalad dressing,
dips; with fish, shellfish,
and poultry. Essential for
goulash and paprikash.
Ground dried
Hungarian paprika is
most flavorful and
available sweet or hot.
No
HERB OR SPICE
PARSLEY
POPPY SEEDS
ROSEMARY
flavor.
SAFFRON
SAGE
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
Excellent in soups,
stocks, cream and tomato
sauces, salads and salad
dressings; with poultry,
game, meats, fish, and
shellfish, dried beans,
and vegetablesfrom
artichokes to zucchini.
No
Use in paella,
bouillabaisse, risotto,
tomato and cream soups,
couscous; with seafood;
in Swedish cakes and
breads.
No
HERB OR SPICE
SALAD BURNET
SAVORY
TARRAGON
THYME
TURMERIC
BEST USE
AVAILABLE
Outdoors
Indoors
and out
Essential to mustard,
curry powder, pickles,
and relishes; also used in
moderation for its yellow
color in rice dishes.
Ground dried
No