Herbal Handbook

<b><i>Herbal Handbook</i> is a charming information-packed guide to 51 herbs and their uses illustrated with rare botanical art from the renowned archives of The New York Botanical Garden.</b> <p/>Did you know that woodruff was used as a room freshener in the Middle Ages; that crushed bergamot leaves can soothe bee stings; and that dried fenugreek seeds were found in the tomb of King Tutankhamen? <p/>Herbs are magical and their uses myriad. Inside <i>Herbal Handbook</i> are fifty-one herbs portrayed in words and rare botanical art curated by experts at The New York Botanical Garden. Some like saffron are treasured and rare; others like purslane grow by the roadside. They all have a place--in the garden in the kitchen in the bed or the bath. Use <i>Herbal Handbook</i> to explore their history how to grow them and how they were used in the past and present. Then bring them into your daily life; each herb's profile offers a recipe or project that highlights its unique properties. <p/>So cleanse your face with calendula when you wake up sip a bergamot tea at breakfast have a lovage tuna sandwich for lunch and mix a caraway cocktail at the end of the day. Let <i>Herbal Handbook</i> delight your senses as they have done to others for thousands of years.