The Random Herbalist: Monks and Plant Migration
Along with dill, which we’ve briefly brushed by, other plants also traveled with the monks as they made their way …
Tag Archives: Herbs
The Random Herbalist: The Roman Influence on Monastic Gardens
With this post, I celebrate a year of writing “Gherkins & Tomatoes!” Thank you so much to everyone who visits …
The Random Herbalist: St. Gall, A Model Garden Plan?
[NOTE: I'd like to thank the readers of Gherkins & Tomatoes for their patience this summer --- in the last …
The Random Herbalist: The Hortus Eremitje
Charlemagne had a shovel in every monastic garden, or so it seems:* As early as the days of Charles the …
The Random Herbalist: Books About Monastic and Medieval Gardens
I find the following books enlightening, soothing, and motivating. My plan is to create/design a medieval/monastic herb garden over the …
The Random Herbalist: Dill
“I think pickles are cucumbers that sold out. They sold their soul to the devil, and the devil is dill…” …
Flavor Principles Out of Africa: The Basics
What Flavor Principles Exist in the Cooking Found in Africa? Africa consists of 53 countries, all with their own culinary …
Idylls of Cuisine #15
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.] And a Web site on medieval herb gardens, for the perennially curious …
