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An illustrated sourcebook to these all-important cooking ingredients includes information on more than two hundred herbs, spices, essences, edible flowers and leaves, aromatics, vinegars, oils, teas, and coffees.
This illustrated encyclopaedia includes more than 150 herb- and spice-based recipes – classic mixtures, as well as new and original ideas, together with detailed step-by-step preparation and cooking techniques.
There are over 750 specially commissioned photographs of every source plant from around the world. Profile pages show the plant or spice itself and how it is used – chopped, dried, snipped, ground or rubbed.






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