Herbs and Spices: The Top 100 Best Herbs and Spices from Around the World

Susan Hollister does a great job sharing with her readers how to use different herbs and spices in her book Herbs and Spices: The Top 100 Best Herbs and Spices From Around the World. In her book, she identified different spices from around the world that can be used in different ways (cooking recipes, health, and beauty, homeopathic remedies, etc.). I learned about a wide array of herbs and spices: Mediterranean, earthy, exotic, citrus-flavored, and fiery, and sweet and spicy. In addition to this, I also learned some interesting facts about herbs and spices that we use on a daily basis. For example, an onion can be considered an herb because it can be used to flavor food. If you want to experience the world through your tastebuds, I would highly recommend this book. If you are looking for recipes that use these herbs and spices, I would recommend her cookbook titled Herbs and Spices: The Top 100 Best Herbs and Spices from Around the World. Your tastebuds will thank you.

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I decided to read this book after reading the companion recipe book. I wanted to learn more about the new spices I have been incorporating into my recipes, but I didn't necessarily want to do the research. This book solved that problem in an instant!I learned so many facts about different herbs & spices and most importantly, how to choose them to get the flavor I want in my dishes. This is a great way to help me step up my cooking game! I also enjoyed learning about all of the different healing properties of different herbs, most of which I didn't know before!Highly recommend.

"Herbs and Spices, The Top 100 Best Herbs and Spices from Around the World" is a wonderfully well-organized book. The information is clear, complete and helpful. The photos are beautiful and useful for spice/herb identification. Whether you're a beginning cook trying to learn about flavors and combinations thereof, or an experienced cook looking to broaden your knowledge of the same, this book will likely have anything you might need.While I didn't think any one book could possibly contain them all up-to-date, this book has a really comprehensive coverage of a large number, along with the kind of info you need to make the best use of them. I really recommend this one for everyone.

The book is very interesting and useful, but it is full of grammatical errors, which makes it difficult to read. I think that author didn't want to spend money on editing and proofreading... Sadly.

I’ve recently started getting creative in dishes I have been cooking lately and wanted to learn more about herbs and spices. This book contained a ton of informative information that has helped me create delicious dishes from scratch. Highly recommended!

This book was not the same as the listed item. All the photos inside were in black and white. Looks like a cheaply printed copy. Disappointed.

I learned so much from this book! I loved the detail the author went into about each herb. Not only did it give a brief history of what each herb has been traditionally used for and the different variations of it, but it also touched on what you could used them for today. From basic herbs and spices such as cinnamon and sage to a few I’d never heard of such as Rue and Mace, it seemed very thorough in the variety of spices it included. Definitely recommend!

Great information on 100 different herbs and spices...BUT the author groups them in specalized categories, and there is NO alphabetial index. So if you want to find info on any specific herb or spice you have to go through the whole thing to try and find it. A deffinite detriment to making this a useful book. P. S. The same is true for her other herb and spice book. Great recipes but no logical alphabetical index.

I knew a little about a few herbs & spices but after reading this book and trying out some of the author’s recipes I have begun to enjoy food shopping & preparing so much more! Drinking a tea made with a herb the author has suggested is a new after dinner experience! Read the book, try the suggestions and you will enjoy it.

The contents are relevant, but the pictures would do more justice to the book had they been in colour.

I love spices and herbs to use for different purposes in terms of food and health. I have found this wonderful book by Susan which has brilliantly described the 100 spices and herbs from all over the world. The incredible section of this book has helped me in understanding the use of various spices and herbs in making meals apart from the traditional salt, pepper and garlic and how to to make my meals taste delicious such as basil, dill, tarragon or paprika.It has even helped me from where I can easily get the exotic herbs such as Ajwan, Espazote and Mahleb.It has thrilled me with the methods of using all the world's best herbs and spices for health purposes and well described the benefits of each, due to which I can now keep my indigestion to a minimum, lower blood sugar and reduce inflammation.I can now use them to relieve the symptoms of a cold, or help my mum to stop cholesterol from forming in her arteries.Now I do not need to go for any medicines and multivitamins by having read that some herbs I can use as antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic and they contain all kinds of vitamins and minerals that can help me with my immune system to work better.Along with that, I have found the useful tips of how to harvest or grow my herbs and how to store them for longer use.I would highly recommend this book to everyone to be part of their lives.