Herb and Recipe of the Month: Bell Pepper Basil!

Herb and Recipe of the Month: Bell Pepper Basil!

This basil, botanical name Ocimum selloi, which is very old though discovered by Texas gardeners only during the 1990s, is unusual in several ways. First, it is a cold-hardy perennial form of basil, and blooms frequently, which makes it very attractive to bees and...
Herb Recipe of the Month! Parsley!

Herb Recipe of the Month! Parsley!

Parsley Two varieties of parsley are successfully grown in our area: the most common is curly parsley, which we encounter decorating nearly every luncheon plate, and the other is the flat-leaf Italian variety — the most highly prized by cooks of many nations....