Healthy Culinary Excitement
Fresh herbs have been an important part of the human experience since before recorded history. From culinary savor to medicinal balms, and from household uses to ancient healing rituals to magical potions, man has found many uses for herbs. The recent demand for food that is healthy is connecting the world like never before. The surge in the availability of year round supplies from supermarkets to restaurants and from windowsills to farmers’ markets has ignited a passion within the healthy consumer for the pizzazz that fresh herbs add to food. A revived interest and awareness of fresh herbs has sprung up around most of the entire world. Perhaps this revived interest comes from the long history that humans have had using and exploring herbs. Whatever the reason, herbs are now a staple in restaurants, kitchens, and even schools and hospitals around the world. Herbs are extremely low in fat and calories and rich in antioxidants. Of course, there’s also their unbeatable ability to enhance basic flavors subtly or intensely. Learning to use fresh herbs and adding them to your daily eating and cooking repertoire will certainly prove to enhance not only your health but also your life. Let loose with herbs!!