Spices and Herbs, Lore and Cookery

Rating:
Summary: missed the mark
Review: I am constantly looking for books containing herbal lore. When I picked this book up I was dissapointed to discover that while a good number of herbs are covered, there just wasn't much good information about them. For example, on Poppy, the author whetts my appetite with, "Much lore surrounds the opium poppy.." but then only goes on to give one small example. There are plenty of diverse recipes, but they are scattered throughout, making it difficult to use. The illustrations are nothing to hold the interest but give a basic view for plant identification. Perhaps if this had been one of the first herbals I picked up I would have been more satisfied, but in todays market where there are hundreds of herbals to spend one's money on Spices and Herbs just needed to go further to stand out.