The Nov/Dec 2010 issue of
The Essential Herbal magazine is in the mail! Here's a little look at what to expect:
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- Field Notes from the Editor
- Tales from the Tetons: Crafts and Food, Kristena Haslem
- Beeswax ornaments and some spicy, warming recipes.
- Baking Old-Fashioned Sourdough Bread, Melissa Nicole Sidelinger
- From making your own starter, to taking that hot bread out of the oven!
- Feverfew, Cindy Jones
- Information about feverfew in skincare and arthritis.
- Gifts for New Herbies, Ym-health
- Ideas on what a new-to-herbs friend might want to build an apothecary of their own.
- Hibiscus Acetosella, Cory Trusty
- How to use this herb for vinegar, vinaigrette, and a sweet and sour sauce.
- Try a Tincture Mary Hammond
- Simple instructions for making tinctures with alcohol, vinegar, and glycerin.
- SouthRidge Treasures: Under the Mistletoe, Mary Ellen Wilcox
- A long, lore filled past brings this herb to our doorways… sacrificial bulls, white robed Druids, and much more.
- The Lore of Holiday Plants, Jackie Johnson
- There is much magic and medicine in the history of the plants we gather ’round us in the Yuletide.
- Herbs of the Zodiac: Sagittarius, Susanna and Bertha Reppert
- Anyone for some Sagittarian Apricot Crunch?
- A Month of Herbs, Rita Richardson
- There’s something herbie to do everyday in the month of December.
- Autumn Baked Vegetables, Rosanne Tartaro
- Roots and spices roasted together for a delicious meal.
- Louisiana Lagniappe: Spiced Fruit Compote, Sarah Liberta
- Fruits and spices combined to make any holiday gathering even more special.
- Licorice, Maryanne Schwartz
- Although real licorice is rarely on the candy shelf, this delicious root is full of beneficial actions.
- Spice Wreath, Marcy Lautanen-Raleigh
- Gather ye nutmegs, while ye may…
- Historical Herbal: Astrological Botany, Kathleen Setzer
- How were herbs classified astrologically during Elizabethan times for medicinal use?
- The Soap Pot: Castile Soap, Alicia Grosso
- Pure, gentle, olive oil soap, gilded with herbs.
- The Global Herbal: North America, Marita A Orr
- The evolution of herbal medicine in North America, a fascinating history with discussion of several specific herbs.
Keep an eye out. We'll be running a pre-order special for By the Hearth in the next couple of days, and there will be a drawing with great prizes with everyone pre-ordering automatically entered.
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