Word: marjoram
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gardener, Irvin Williams has been harvesting sprigs of chives, rosemary, thyme and marjoram to give the summer table a little lift. The First Couple are down to two meals a day as heat climbs. But they have other nourishments, like the pad, pad of the bare feet of Grandson Jamie, 18 months, and Shelby Foote's novel September September...
Forman instead brewed up harmless-sounding potions, including one made of "sage, marjoram, elderbuds, ashbuds, berberis, liquorice, aniseed, aloes and juniper berries." He seems to have reassured people more than he treated them, and that was probably for the best, given the primitive state of medical science and the appalling maladies of the time. Confronted with a patient who "breeds worms in his nose of stinking sweet and venomous humor," Forman sensibly recommended a change in diet and frequent face washing...
...herb craze is directly linked to Americans' greatly heightened interest in cooking. No self-respecting cook would be without at least the culinary big four-thyme, basil, parsley and oregano-to which most gourmets would add rosemary, savory, sage, saffron, sassafras, tarragon, mint, chives, dill, lemon verbena, marjoram, fennel, sorrel, chervil, coriander, cumin, caraway and celery seed. From ajowan to zedoary, there are hundreds of other herbs available, in 17th century Herbalist John Parkinson's phrase, "for use and delight." To the delight of the vast army of health-food enthusiasts who use herbs, most of them...