The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices

by Sarah Garland

A revised and updated edition of the classic illustrated guide to culinary, aromatic, cosmetic, and medicinal plants offers a comprehensive guide to the propagation, cultivation, harvesting, curing, and use of three hundred plants. 20,000 first printing.

Genres: Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Food, Herbs, Reference, Gardening, Cooking

288 pages, Hardcover

First published September 20, 1979

About the author

There is more than one author with this name.

Sarah Garland has written and illustrated over forty picture books and adventure stories for young children. She is best known for her warm and witty portrayals of family relationships, and for her outstanding work for preschool picture books.

She lives in the beautiful village of Chedworth in the Cotswolds with
her husband, artist David Garland.

Reviews

[nemo ☠️]

i stole this from my primary school library when i was 10 but i don't feel that guilty because let's be real, how many primary school kids are interested in the medicinal uses of herbs and the chemicals they contain?? (that being said, apologies to any fellow weirdos who attended the school after me and were sad to not find any books on botanical medicine.)

[Nancy Chambers]

Interesting book about spices however this is a British book and plants and spice and recipes sometimes have different names than American names. Lots of good recipes using herbs and spices.

[Susan Abbey]

Fabulous reference used over and over again, my go to book

[Julia Hjelte]

interesting. i’ll come back to it if i want to set up a herb garden, but till then it’s gonna sit forgotten on my shelf..

[Cherie]

Not strictly medicinal focus, but lots of info about all the herbs, inc gardening wise. Nice ilustrations.

[Ruric Amhari]

Book split into six sections.

1. Modern herbal: A-Z of herbs, botanical illustrations, describes habit, cultivation, spread and uses

2. Herb garden - basic plans for a number of herb gardens and planting lists.

3. Cooking with herbs and spcies

4. Households hers and spcies

5. Cosmetic herbs

6. Herbs for health

[Ruhegeist]

more recipes though please....