in mortar
Lavender (for my second Flan effort)
Tag: Herbs
Pear, Tequila, Lavender
Tarragon, Garlic, Salt
Looking over to the corner with fresh rosemary needles, water boiling, and garlic seeming right — as medicine, and as joy to the palate
— the pestle in the mortar created this dense paste which later dissolved in a small bath of fine olive oil, before the nine minutes expired for the spaghetti, and just before being wrapped in taste and aroma…
My first (out of season) pesto of the year
on tortellini
For the sake of color
Golden Beetroot, Tomato, Basil, Black Sesame
Bay Leaf and Star Anise, before meeting Coffee Seeds in the Mill
A coffee, black tahini on blueberry basil sweetbread start
A lunch with selected bites
Plantain in Chardonnay with cumin, in rum and rosemary, and cilantro leaves
Rosemary Bed for a Goat
Sage, on salmon, on that rice I told you about
An evolutionary observation (with a twist)
Over centuries, plants developed the ability to build defenses that would make it unpleasant for the surrounding living creatures to eat them. Those are the herbs and spices in which we find great pleasure today. Those are the same repellents that help us as preventive medicine and cure today. Did we learn to master fire… Continue reading An evolutionary observation (with a twist)
More Bay Leaf Coffee Poured
Corsica coffee blend, by La Colombe, as pourover, with a bay leaf
Grinding
Beauty independence of color
Sweet basil flowers, turned dried, brown
Sage
Sage, and sesame seeds, in Japanese bowl
The Sweet Flower of the Sweet Basil
Ocimum basilicum Linnaeus
Does a basil plant notice my efforts as apology after apparently too much heat and sun have affected the health of some leaves?
Mint
Pollination Eye View
Four weeks counting on me, and my care seems to suit her well
Sweet Basil
Sila Blume 