Learn how to use every inch of this versatile vegetable. Makenna Held, the author of Mostly French and a cooking teacher based in France, didn’t always like fennel. She found it overpowering and ...

There are some dishes that just have that special something, and fennel seed is one of them. This small but mighty seed is indispensable to everything from Italian-style sausage to Thanksgiving ...

I don’t think I had ever tasted fennel until I worked in a restaurant. Growing up, most of the vegetables we ate came from a can, and when we did have fresh produce, fennel certainly wasn’t on the ...

I have often been asked, how do you cook fennel? I recently spent a week in a rental house in Umbria. We ate lunch out every day, but in the evening we would come home, and I would go into the little ...

There are many herbal seeds that have culinary uses. Although the flavors are similar to the leaves of the herb, they have some different characteristics. After the herb seeds listed below I have ...

If ever there was a vegetable dogged by misunderstanding, fresh fennel is it. Because while it may taste like anise and look like a bulb, it is neither. And don’t let the grocery workers who love to ...

I hope you enjoyed the warm weather we had a few days ago. Freezing weather one week and 60-70 degrees the next. You have to love Mid-Missouri weather. I would like to introduce you to both a ...

Combining fennel and turmeric can provide synergistic effects on digestion. The relaxing properties of fennel work well with the anti-inflammatory effects of turmeric, creating a balanced approach to ...