Editorial ChefBroccoli from the cabbage family is a vegetable best grown for nutritious and tasty flower heads. The heads are usually green or purple in color. This vegetable belongs to the family which includes other members such as cauliflower, Brussels …
What You Need to Know About Leek
The leek is a tall, slim, biennial vegetable grown for its leafy stem and sweet onion flavor. It is related to the onion family of vegetables which also includes garlic and shallots. Leeks differ from these in that they do not form …
Experience Aromatic Sweet Marjoram Unmistakably
Sweet marjoram, also known as knotted marjoram or simply marjoram is one of the most popular Mediterranean herbs. It is a perennial shrub grown for its culinary and medicinal benefits. It is native to Cyprus and …
Oregano Herb, the Delight of the Mountains
Oregano herb is a perennial plant with medicinal properties. Its name means “delight of the mountains” in Greek where it is native to and the rest of the Mediterranean region. It belongs to the same …
Cinnamon Facts for the Culinary Enthusiasts
Cinnamon is an exotic spice that has had significance through the ages. It has been treasured for its sweet fragrance and medicinal and culinary properties. It is obtained from the inner brown bark of Cinnamomum …
A Delightful Culinary Experience With Garlic
Garlic is a root herb closely related to the onion, shallot, leek, chive, and rakkyo. It is native to central Asia and is very common in the Mediterranean region, Africa, and Europe as well. In culinary contexts, it is …
Sage, Another Essential Herb for Your Kitchen
Sage, also known as garden sage, or common sage is an aromatic, perennial, evergreen shrub. It is cultivated for its aromatic grayish-green leaves. It comes with purplish to blue flowers, has a woody, branching stems, …
An Overview of Celeriac the Root Celery Vegetable
Celeriac is a biennial root vegetable that also goes by the name turnip-rooted celery or knob celery or simply root celery. It is closely related to the common celery variety. It is normally grown for its fleshy …
Know Your Celery and Find out if it’s a Herb or Veggie
Celery is a strongly flavored plant that has been cultivated and eaten as a vegetable for centuries. This highly aromatic plant blurs the lines between the distinctions of what a vegetable, herb, and spice are. It is a small …
A Quick Understanding of Carrots as a Food Source
Carrots are mildly sugary and crunchy biennial root vegetables. They are usually orange in color. We say usually because there are purple, black, red, white, and yellow varieties. They can be stored for several months in …