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Your Guide to Herbs and Spices
"The secrets are in the plants,
to elicit them,
you have to love them enough"
Acquaint yourself with the aromas and flavors of these fundamental herbs and spices, with:
An overview of the healing powers of key herbs and spices
Over 100 delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes
10 essential spice mixes to quickly add flavor to any dish
A guide to spice and herb combinations by cuisine to celebrate global flavors
Informative tips for buying and storing spices and herbs
Part reference, part cookbook, Essential Spices and Herbs will guide you along your journey through the magical world of flavor.
Cooking with Spices includes:
Over 100 Recipes—featuring simple, step-by-step instructions for rubs, pastes, sauces, and blends for everyday seasoning
Spice 101— explaining the regions, cultural significance, medicinal uses, complements and pairs of over 50 easy-to-find spices from all over the world
Illustrated Guides—showing the perfect food pairings for spices
Filled with easy-to-understand information and 50 recipes, this is the first book that shows you how to use and cook with spices for maximum health and healing.
This expanded and completely revised new edition is the culmination of Ian Hemphill's lifelong experience in the spice industry. It is a fascinating and authoritative guide. Hemphill describes a wide range of global herbs and spices used in modern kitchens either alone or in wonderful blends. He provides the "inside story" based on his extensive experience in this ancient and stimulating industry.
COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERBS & SPICES offers everything you need to know about how herbs and spices can enhance your cooking and improve your life.
Whether you harvest from your own garden or stock up at the grocery store, this robust guide is your go-to for recipes, natural remedies, preventative therapies, and more. This book combines scientific information, like the physical effects of herbal aromas, with practical advice, like how to dry flowers and herbs for a fragrant potpourri—all with elegant and vibrant photography of all herbs and spices included. Covering more than 100 herbs, spices, and seasonings, this useful compendium is one is one to turn to again and again.
This informative guide is a reference you will keep at the ready, connecting 72 of the world's most common and useful medicinal herbs with the body systems they help and heal.
Eight chapters focus on body systems:
1. Mental Health & the Nervous System
2. Respiratory System
3. Heart & Circulation
4. Digestive System
5. Joints, Muscles & Skin
6. Urinary & Male Health
7. Female Health
8. Wellness & Perception