A big bowl of steamed Manila clams, so often tasteless and tough, get loving treatment from Mr. Kiely and Ms. Pachter, who cut back severely on the broth, a heady garlic-herb essence accented with sorrel, that soaks through a scattering of buttered croutons without weakening their chewy texture.
Her father's family consisted of Sephardic Jews from Spain by way of Rhodes and Turkey, and her father was the proprietor of a botanica in New York's Spanish Harlem, where he sold healing herbs, essences and oils.
Made from fresh fruits, herbs, flowers, essences and even sandalwood syrup, they were originally introduced to India by Mughal emperors in the 16th century.
Home-schooled by her mother — who has a strong interest in Chinese herbs, flower essences and religious science — Neiers said that as a teen she wasn't desperate to get close to Hollywood types, though she routinely encountered them when she went out with friends including Taylor.
Go to your local library or buy a book, and just examine all the plants, learn their good qualities, learn what you shouldn't mix together, how you should eat them, what their meanings are... You'll see how people will start coming to you and asking you about herbs and essences, and you'll feel really smart and cool about it.
Lamb shank is considered winter food, but I'd order Lilac's on a 104-degree night in August: unlike so many versions of this dish, it's moist, meaty, none too fatty and redolent of herbs and the essence of lamb: rich, dark flavors absorbed and echoed by a mound of tender spatzle underneath.
Trust us, there's not one "herb" in Herbal Essences shampoo. 5.
At lunch, they serve calf's brains with brown butter, broiled haddock and fish cakes with a parsley sauce that tastes of the essence of the herb.
Vegetable oil is equally suited to preserving basil and is not as expensive as olive oil, but we find the olive oil becomes infused with the essence of the herbs and is superb -- especially in the first gray days of autumn -- when a drizzle on a slice of apple will transport you back to a warm, slow afternoon.
These drops lots of noted grimy herbs, lava battlestaves, and ghostly essence to go along with the clue scrolls, so large profits can be made here along with the clues.
