large western Asian plant that has aromat-ics
in common with celery and oregano, along
with a sweet, flowery note. It was used in
ancient Greece and Rome and known as
Ligurian celery. Today its large lobed leaves
flavor beef dishes in central Europe, and
tomato sauces in Liguria. Elsewhere it’s little
known.
Carrot family anatomy. A leaf of parsley.
Herbs in the carrot family have defensive oil
glands within their leaves, not on the surfaces.
The glands cluster around long canals and fill
them with the essential oil.
Mitsuba Mitsuba, sometimes called Japanese
parsley, is a native of both Asia and North
A m e r i c a , Cryptotaenia japonica (or