Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Time

Posted on: Monday, November 20th, 2000
Posted in: 3rd Stop: Italy, The RTW Tour, 2000-01 | Leave a comment

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Time

11/20/00: Sommocolonia, Italy

We adore fresh herbs, and were thrilled when U.S. supermarkets finally began offering them some years back.

Of course, those herbs come in plastic packages holding a fraction of an ounce, and cost about two bucks for those five leaves. Here, herbs grow like bushes, if not trees. And when the rosticceria man says the chicken is stuffed with rosemary, he means a small shrub’s worth. The distinction produces not only tastier food, but a lifestyle that asserts that the time it takes to tend gardens, prepare meals, and serve others is not only time well spent, it’s priceless.

Rosemary

Sage

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