Word: verbena
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...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...
...Miss Susie," also from Burpee, the only verbena ever developed with two rows of petals...
...mainland they raise cattle and chickens, sell eggs, cakes and hard candy. They shuttle thousands of tourists each summer in their two boats. Morning Star and Lollipop, to visit the red-roofed monastery. And they help keep themselves self-supporting by manufacturing a perfume out of lavender, verbena and gorse grown on the island. The scent's unmonkish name: Sybil-for top-rank Irish Couturiere Sybil Connolly, who distributes it in specially made Waterford glass bottles...
...Areilza, Count of Motrico, and his wife, who live in one of the capital's most breathtaking houses (white-walled ballroom, priceless tapestries, bubbling fountain). The Spaniards are hosts at huge New Year's Eve balls, an annual Columbus Day party (1,000 guests) and spring Verbena (carnival), bring in flamenco dancers who whirl to the clapping of the guests (including the ambassador, sitting on the floor). For perfectly detailed dinners and suppers, nobody surpasses Peru's Ambassador Fernando Berckemeyer, who boasts good Goyas on the walls, two excellent French chefs in the kitchen...
...Caruso's grand piano, his 16th-Century Madonna and Mrs. Caruso's story were too much for the girl ghost: she kept weeping over her work for two weeks. Finally Mrs. Caruso said: "I decided to write the book myself. While I wrote I could smell the verbena just as though he were here. . . . Those failures [her two marriages since Caruso's death] were no one's fault. . . . Death had not ended my marriage to Enrico...