Anthropology of Food--University of Minnesota Duluth

Herbs

Basil

herb
NOUN:		Any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavor or season food. Plant whose roots, leaves or seeds, etc. are used in medicine. (slang, euphemistic) Marijuana. (botany) A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season (obsolete) Grass; herbage.
ETYMOLOGY:		Middle English erbe, from Old French erbe (French herbe), from Latin herba. Initial h restored 15c. after Latin but remained mute until 19c. (and still is for many).
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Exam revision students 'should smell rosemary for memory' -- BBCNews (04 May 2017)
What does rosemary do to your brain? -- BBC News (15 July 2015)
Japan's Oldest Basil Pollen Found in Nara Ruins May Have Been 'Medicine' from China -- Asahi Shimbun (14 May 2015)
Neanderthal Chefs May Have Spiced Up Menus with Wild Herbs -- New Scientist (15 April 2015)
Stone Age Chefs Spiced Up Food Even 6,000 Years Ago -- NPR (22 August 2013)
Archaeologists Uncover First Use of Spices in European Cuisine [garlic mustard seed] -- Science (21 August 2013)
Phytoliths in Pottery Reveal the Use of Spice in European Prehistoric Cuisine [garlic mustard seed] -- PLoS ONE (21 August 2013)
Prehistoric Europeans spiced their cooking -- BBC News (21 August 2013)
Za'atar: A Spice Mix With Biblical Roots And Brain Food Reputation -- NPR (11 June 2013)

Hill, Tony. The Contemporary Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices: Seasons for the Global Kitchen. NY: Wiley, 2004.
Martindale's Nutrition Center Dairy, Meat, Fish, Poultry, Cereals, Fruit, Vegetalbes, Herbs etc.
Norman, Jill. Herbs and Spices: The Cooks Reference. NY: DK Publishing, 2007.
Panayi, Panikos. Spicing up Britain: The Multicultural History of British Food. London: Reaktion, 2010.
Toussaint-Samat, Maguelonne. A History of Food. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell 2009.
"Variation in sensation and affect: We live in 'different taste worlds'" --Linda Bartoshuk
Fifth Lecture of the Nobel Conference 46 Making Food Good Conference -- Gustavus Adolphus College (5-6 October 2010) (archives are available online at <http://gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/2010/archive.php>)
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