I like cutting the fresh leaves and sprinkling them on broiled fish. Always purchase French tarragon plants or get divisions from friends. Don't use seeds. The seedling plants are a rank, tasteless plant, Russian tarragon. French tarragon is easy to grow in a sunny garden but does not tolerate overly wet soils especially in winter.
French tarragon is best-used fresh.
The dried leaves are best described as hay. Tarragon vinegar can be made using fresh washed stems in apple or wine vinegar. Cilantro , Coriandrum sativum, is a popular herb in Latin and Asian cuisines with its use in Mexican salsas as the most common usage. Once the plant forms seed it is known as the spice coriander. The most common problem is once the plant inevitably goes to seed in summer the cilantro leaves are useless.