Dungeness Crab with Chocolate Mint, with Ginger, with Corn, with Carrots, Brussel Sprouts and Garlic Butter with Fresh Lemon
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Dungeness Crab with Chocolate Mint, with Ginger, with Corn, with Carrots, Brussel Sprouts and Garlic Butter with Fresh Lemon

There, the title gave you all the ingredients for a tasty seafood dinner, all you have to do is put them together, which is easy as pie. As pictured, prepare all the ingredients before you even fire up any heat. There’s nothing like a bumbling, fumbling cook in panic mode over the stove, trying to…

Alaskan Cod Blessed with Pecans, Rosemary,  Carrots and Fries
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Alaskan Cod Blessed with Pecans, Rosemary, Carrots and Fries

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes .com 2023 Preferring wild caught fish, I found a few fillets of Alaskan Cod at a local grocery store and decided it would be pan seared, following the fries. I used one large russet potato, thoroughly washed with skin on, which was sliced vertically and sprinkled with salt, black pepper,…

Pumpkin-Spiced Grits Will Impress your Yankee Friends
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Pumpkin-Spiced Grits Will Impress your Yankee Friends

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com This time of year, almost everything is pumpkin-spiced so why not fry some good old southern hominy grits into the mix. They are quick and easy to make, and they don’t only have to be served for breakfast. We have been converting our Yankee friends to grits since 1950 when…

Pan-Seared Salmon with Rosemary and Parmesan Lemon is a Culinary Must
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Pan-Seared Salmon with Rosemary and Parmesan Lemon is a Culinary Must

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com 2023 Last night I made wild-caught salmon with freshly made coleslaw, homemade hushpuppies and steamed Jasmine rice. It was a really easy dish to make and took very little time. Wandering through the house doing other things I stopped for a few minutes in the afternoon and grated the green…

Is Chocolate Mint Really Chocolate Mint?

Is Chocolate Mint Really Chocolate Mint?

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com 2023 In the horticulture world the debate continues to rage on. Is that mint plant named “chocolate mint” really chocolate mint? Well, it depends on your taste buds and imagination. For me it’s definitely chocolate mint. For others it’s an orangey-flavored mint, the hybrid result between peppermint and orange mint….

An Herb That Could Help Against Covid-19: Black Cumin

An Herb That Could Help Against Covid-19: Black Cumin

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com On an official website operated by the United States government, namely the National Institute of Health, in the National Library of Medicine you will find a section about Nigella Sativa, also known as black cumin seeds. Many Americans have probably never heard of black cumin seeds but are familiar with…

2,600 Year Old Medical Book Still Utilized in India
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2,600 Year Old Medical Book Still Utilized in India

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com The Sushruta Samhita is a book of 186 chapters that was originally written in Sanskrit and later Romanized so people like you and I could read it. I would love to say I will read all 675 pages, but I did begin reading chapters dealing with herbal plants and medicines,…

How to Kill the Potted Herbs You Just Bought in Four Easy Steps

How to Kill the Potted Herbs You Just Bought in Four Easy Steps

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com Basil in raised bed, Mobile Botanical Gardens, Photo: Herbscapes.com 2023 Of course you do not want to kill your newly purchased herbs. But let’s say it’s not you growing the garden – it’s a roommate. And the roommate hasn’t paid their part of the rent for months. The roommate doesn’t…

Rosemary, a Worldly Culinary Herb
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Rosemary, a Worldly Culinary Herb

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com 2023 Photos: Herbscapes.com 2022-2023 It’s hard to imagine any herb in the world as well-known and popular as rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis.) It’s been around since basically the beginning of time. It grows wild, as a tall shrub along the shores of the Mediterranean sea, in parts of Spain and Portugal….

The Beauty of Bay Laurel

The Beauty of Bay Laurel

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com 2023 Photo: Bay Laurel, Herbscapes.com 2023 Like so many herbs, the Laurus nobilis was originally found in the Mediterranean region of the world. Here we are speaking of Greece, Egypt, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and several more. Over three thousand years ago Greeks and Romans made wreaths from the branches and…