Courtesy of Thames & Hudson
Herbarium (release date October 18) by Caz Hildebrand is the ultimate guide to herbs and the myriad uses they possess. The author states in her introduction, “We’re missing out on herbs if we don’t appreciate their multi-dimensional personalities, their varying medicinal, culinary, spiritual, cultural and magical qualities and histories.”
Illustrations by the talented Hildebrand are plentiful in this title and be warned, there are no recipes or photographs. However, the wealth of information and interesting background of each herb is fascinating and the illustrations are pure artistry. Also, shared is a reference section that focuses on growing and maintaining, pairing food with herbs, and herb uses for health and beauty treatments.
I read it like a novel and it has found a spot on my cookbook shelf as a valuable resource. Hildebrand is an award-winning designer for books by Nigella Lawson, Yotam Ottolenghi and the Moro cookbooks. (I love all these books – but the Moro books are particularly gorgeous). She also wrote The Geometry of Pasta with Jacob Kennedy. So while the name Caz Hildebrand might not be familiar, we’ve all seen her work.
Random Number Generator picked #3 Lori Hahn.
GIVEAWAY: Thames & Hudson is generously offering one of you a copy of this beautiful book. To enter: you may have a comment daily on this post until a winner is chosen. If you share this post on social media, you may leave a second comment telling me you did so for another entry. This giveaway is open to U.S. addresses only – a random winner will be chosen on September 30th. Good luck.
First comment? I guess everyone else is enjoying their holiday. Happy Labor Day, y’all.
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I grow herbs and this book would be a great complement to using what I grow….ty for the giveaway!!!!
This subject fascinates me. I’ would also love to learn how to forage for wild herbs and plants.
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I have do many barrels of herbs in my garden!
What an interesting book. I do have an herb garden so I would be curious to see what they have to say about what I’m growing.
Sounds fascinating
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Looks interesting!
This looks like a lovely book!
Love herbs!
What a great idea for a book. I get herbs in my CSA box and sometimes do not know what the heck to do with them…this would help!
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I collect herb books and this would be a beautiful addition.
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This book looks very interesting. Lots of information.
I love growing heresis & would really like to win this one.
Would love this!
Lovely!
Love it
I grow herbs in my Aerogardens would love some new recipes.
Only the basil has survived. I’m hoping the rosemary will root.
sounds like a very good book.
I love fresh herbs this looks like a great read!
I would love to win this beautiful book.
Wish I could grow these better!
I love the Geometry of Pasta, no photos either, but really interesting.
Herbs are some of my favorite things to grow. I would love this book!
I would love to read this.
I wonder what everyone’s favorite herbs are? I’m very partial to dill, but it’s hard to grow in the desert.
Love using fresh herbs, sadly the local rats eat them too, except the sage and rosemary
I would love this book!
I came home to my neighbors pruning their giant rosemary bush. They offered me a big bunch so now I get to figure out what to make with it.
I want to continue to grow more herbs, and and use information from this book
This sounds really interesting.
My favorite herb today is oregano.
Happy Friday!
My basil is still alive
Interesting!
It’s still Sunday
I love herbs. Please pick me.
I swerve for herbs
My basil is still alive, my avocado plant is about two feet tall and two pineapple tops have rooted and are flourishing. I hope I can keep them alive during the winter.
Herbs are the best
Tonight there is a bit of a nip to the air…finally!
Hump day
I’d love to know more about herbs, their history, nutritional value and best ways to use. Have a soft spot for illustrated cookbooks, which I don’t come across very often. Thank you!
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I love herbs.
I used to like herb…but not since the seventies, holy smoke, I mean….oh never mind.
Haven’t had a chance to pop in for a while…hi! 🙂
My herb garden could definitely use some help.
I try to eat as clean as possible, and herbs are a great way to get a great flavor profile with a healthy kick! This would be a great reference!
it’s about time to replant herbs for my fall garden
I need a herb garden too
I have so many herbs I want to experiment with!
I must try growing more herbs on my fire escape oasis, I can get away with it, now that the scaffolding is up. But I’ll have to do something to keep the pests away. The pests are human children who think it’s fun to climb up and break my plants.
I’ve had a big herb garden for years and continue to learn about the many uses. This sounds like a fabulous book!
Luckily I live near a Persian market with great herbs
Cute illustrated cover
Herbaceous.
What’s the line between an herb and a vegetable?
Herby, dude!
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would love to crack open this one
Smile! It is officially mid-week! One more day until fall…and then I will tolerate all the flippin’ pumpkin spice nonsense on Facebook…haha! 😉
First day of Fall is here…thank goodness!
Super interesting!!
Just planted a good portion of my fall herb garden, still have some spots to fill though.
If my electric bills weren’t so high, I’d break out the Aerogarden my son gave me a few years ago.
I should add some rosemary to my garden
There’s one herb I really dislike…CILANTRO!
I love my herb garden.
Looks like a great book!
Interesting