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…

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….

Cornmeal Crust Pizza at Herbscapes.com
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Cornmeal Crust Pizza at Herbscapes.com

Photo: Herbscapes.com 2023 by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com 2023 I became addicted to pizza made with a cornmeal crust several decades ago while living in San Francisco. There was a restaurant called Vicolo, on Ivy Street, who made the best pizza in the city. One of their secrets: cornmeal crust. Back then it was an…

A Garlic Worthy of Society
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A Garlic Worthy of Society

by Preston Brady III, Herbscapes.com Society Garlic, Herbscapes.com 2023 A plant thought to have originated in South Africa, this plant more resembles chives, and is known professionally as Tulbaghia Violacea. According to Google Bard, the term society garlic is thought to have originated in South Africa sometime in the 1700’s when the Dutch were colonizing…

Bayleaf Tree
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Bayleaf Tree

I love the scent of bayleaf. Many are familiar with the herb in chili, but I also like it in crab boil and some chicken dishes. I have a few small trees in the yard and garden and they do well in the Alabama climate. They also survived a slightly below freezing event this past…