Christopher Columbus

I believe that there are many herbs and many trees that are worth much in Europe for dyes and for medicines; but I do not know, and this causes me great sorrow. Arriving at this cape, I found the smell of the trees and flowers so delicious that it seemed the pleasantest thing in the world.

Italian Explorer

Willie Nelson

I think people need to be educated to the fact that marijuana is not a drug. Marijuana is an herb and a flower. God put it here. If He put it here and He wants it to grow, what gives the government the right to say that God is wrong?

American Musician

Anna Getty

I like to encourage people interested in gardening or planting to begin with a simple herb garden. Even if you live in a small apartment, you can have some herb pots.

German Actress

Francis of Assisi

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

Italian Saint

Venus Williams

I had skate wing in London. I had mine grilled with lemon and herbs, and it was the perfect seasoning for that fish.

American Tennis Player

Laurie David

When kids help cook, even if its just shredding the herbs or stirring the pot, they eat more and they eat better.

American Activist

Bob Marley

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

Jamaican Singer

Alex Guarnaschelli

Fresh herbs really belong anywhere you put them.

American Chef

Yotam Ottolenghi

Herbs deserve to be used much more liberally.

Israeli Chef

Darby Stanchfield

American Actress

Refers to flavor-enhancing plants used in cooking, not just any plant.

Culinary Use

Herbs can be used fresh or dried; the form can affect the taste and potency in cooking.

Fresh vs Dried

Different herbs are essential in various cuisines and are often tied to cultural traditions.

Cultural Importance

Some herbs are used for their therapeutic properties, not just their taste.

Medicinal Purpose

Herbs in medicine are often considered natural alternatives to synthetic drugs.

Natural Remedy

Herbs for medicinal use can be prepared in teas, tinctures, capsules, and more.

Preparation Varieties

 so we went to the doctor said would you mind is taking a mock they said absolutely fine provide you get planning permission and you do it in Latin you do it in triplicate so we did and now there are fruit trees and bushes and herbs and vegetables around that doctor's surgery and there's been lots of other examples like the corn that was in front of the

How we can eat our...

 who come through the village and have a meal in her home. They sit on the floor -- she doesn't even have a tablecloth. She makes the most delicious food, that's fresh from the herbs in the surrounding countryside. And so more and more walkers have come, and lately she's begun to earn an income to support her family.

The walk from "no" to...

 Horta means herbs, mean the wild herbs. And so I see this old woman on the second or third day walking around, you know. And I follow her and she's got this super sharp knife - and I'm like, "whoa, easy". - And what is she doing? She just laid down under the olive tree and she started to gather all this

We Are What We Eat:...

 As the other closed in on her, she put the herb under her tongue for safekeeping, but its magic forced both of them into their true forms. As the crane’s long beak clamped around her, the Old Man appeared. Why, he asked, would she risk her life to steal his herb when she was already immortal?

The Chinese myth of the...

 you might smell coriander, or cilantro, that herb, either as something delicious and savory or something like soap. So we each have an individual world of smell, and that complicates anything when we're studying smell. Well, we really ought to talk about armpits,

The smelly mystery of...

 Satyavan was her one true love, and their fates were entwined forever. Moved by her powerful words, the sage told the princess to follow an ancient spiritual regimen. With regular prayer, periods of fasting, and preparation of special herbs and plants,

Savitri and Satyavan:...

 and looks back through time for hints of these hidden histories. She wrote, "When one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother,

Why should you read...

 desert they covered their bodies with red ochre not only to beautify themselves but to protect their skin from the cold desert nights and the heat of the Desert Sun into this makeup they like to powder herbs and fragrant barks

Carol Beckwith & Angela...

 had that little bit of hope that I was helping my mother to cook dinner because I couldn't stay away from the kitchen and I had a sprig of fresh rosemary the herb and all of a sudden this hit me out of the blue is one singular

This Is What It's Like...

 traditional herbs and techniques that are ancestresses used to naturally afro hair somehow we've been persuaded that our culture is primitive and barbaric we are quickly losing the enriching