Youth Radio Eats is a food journal produced by downtown Oakland's Youth Radio interns, who work hands-on to make healthy and delicious food, research community food related actions, and explore and produce information about food from a youth perspective. Youth Radio Eats also works with community partners such as the HOPE Collaborative to provide advocacy, drive policy change, and create lasting community changes around how the environment influences healthy lifestyles.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Teaches and Herbs


Our kitchen is known for savory home style cooking. But no meal would be complete without herbs. Here's some ways you can get to know these tricky greens even better

1. Take a clean leaf of the herb and chew but don't swallow. Experience your herbs like you would a fine wine; check the fragrant bouquet, let the Our kitchen is known for savory home style cooking. But no meal would be complete without herbs. leaf meet the tongue and chew thoughtfully. It is not necessary to swallow. Learning about the flavor of the herb this way will help you to decide if it will make the perfect pot roast or sorbet.

2. Add fresh chopped herbs (one at a time) to something bland yet familiar, like butter or sour cream or potatoes. This allows the intensity of the herb to stand on its own and helps you to know how much of the herb to add.

3. Just start playing; add a little Rosemary or Tarragon to the potatoes or the chicken; sprinkle some Oregano on your pizza or pasta; lay sprigs of Thyme on your roast. Keep notes, at least at first of what was pleasing, how much was used and what didn’t work. Note whether the herbs were fresh or dried or a combination of both. You will find this invaluable, especially when you start blending herbs together to get more complex flavors

Yohan Callen

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