Aching love with lovage
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Despite the obvious hint that the plant name gives us, it’s not supposed to bring us love but rather pain. According to the folk etymology, “lovage” is from “love-ache”, so it …
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Turning your hummus green
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One of the most important ingredients for Indian, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern cooking is a humble chickpea. It’s a seed of a legume plant that can be red, black, green, white, …
Fennel fruits
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Fennel lives in a big carrot family, together with other aromatic flowering plants like cow parsley, caraway, celery, coriander, cumin. Yes, they all start with the letter “C”. No, it’s not …
Garlic gone wild
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Allium ursinum or wild garlic is one of the overlooked plants from the Allium genus. It’s a wild relative of onion and garlic and this might be one of the reasons …
A Mediterranean thistle
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Globe or French artichoke is nothing more than a thistle cultivated for culinary needs. What? Yes, these guys with sharp prickles that can cover a stem, leaves or be all over …
