The Herb Guide

From Aconite to Zatar, here is a complete guide to 300 herbs and their culinary, medicinal and aromatic uses. This alphabetic, comprehensive reference to herbs--both common and uncommon--features complete descriptions along with a wide variety of uses, seasonality, growth, storage and methods of preparation. Full-color photos throughout make recognizing herbs a snap and the handy icons provide easy reference. And here's the best part: also included are creative herbal treatments for mind and body, as well as extensive mail-order resource list, aiding access to the ingredients no matter where readers live.