Review: I wish I had read this a long time ago
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2013
As a cook, I love fresh herbs, so I didn't need convincing about the value of cooking with herbs.  My favorite is basil, of which Ms. Johnson has written before.  However, I am not a gardener and had no idea how easy it is to grow them.  When I think of the money I spend for fresh herbs each week, usually needing only a stalk of thyme or marjoram and having to discard the rest as it turns black before I need it again.  However, now I know how to preserve them and freeze them, as well as grow them on my window sill--I life in an apartment without a deck.  The author's enthusiasm for her subject comes through the writing in this delightful book.  And there is always something to learn.  Don't put fresh herbs in to cook at the beginning of a dish or they lose their flavor, only at  the end.  How long have I been cooking and didn't know that?  We all need this book.