Basilico Gigante

Italian Giant Basil can be eaten as salad, because of its juicy and light flavour. Here, it appears with poultry and zafferano rice.

Making Herbal Frittata
I love curry plant, lavender, cerefolium, thyme, chives and marjoram with grana cheese and eggs. Some mint can be nice either.

Herbal Drinks and Teas

Here's a little treat for summer evenings. Thyme, sage or erbaluisa are particulary suited for ice teas. For hot ones, I prefer celery, which has a wonderful green hue. This is from Martha Stewart.

Dining out

This picture was taken when a friend and I have decided to have an outdoors meal. We took our wine glasses and salad bowls to the garden and suddenly there it was: a very under the tuscan sun atmosphere!

My garden today

This is how it looks nowadays. Most of the varieties are edible, but not all. I fancy edible flowers and salad greens a lot.

Herb Gardening

I simply cannot cook without herbs. When I was home, I could sometimes find them fresh in supermarkets, but since I have moved to a smaller town, it has been hard to find anything but chives and parsley on local suppliers.

That being said, I've rolled my sleeves, borrowed some grandma's grimoires and planted a few species, which have grown to a full vertical garden. These are my stories.