The history of both herbs and chocolate are lengthy ones. Native to Central and South America, it was brewed as a drink by the Maya and Aztecs. They just poured boiling water over the beans and let ...

Palestinian woman Reem Shihab shows chocolate at her house in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Feb. 24, 2020. Reem Shihab, a Palestinian woman from the West Bank city of Ramallah, has been making a ...

Valentine's Day and chocolate — it seems the two always have walked hand in hand. Who would have dreamed chocolate started out centuries ago as a bitter drink? But that's the story, said culinary ...

Every week, crowds of farmers market regulars gather at the herb stand of ABC Rhubarb Farm to bury their noses in the fresh lemon verbena, rosemary, oregano and thyme. Spend a few minutes watching ...

It's a sad fact that not all cooking herbs will grow for Texas gardeners. Our combination of heat and humidity just doesn't suit them. One of those that grows poorly here is French tarragon, an herb ...

Culinary herbalist Sarah Liberta will lead a Feb. 7 seminar titled "Chocolate: The Herb of Romance." The seminar will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at John Folse's White Oak Plantation & Farm, 17660 ...

Reem Shihab, a Palestinian woman from the West Bank city of Ramallah, has been making a special kind of chocolate with natural Palestinian herbs such as sage, mint, anise, basil, thyme, and rosemary.