We've all been there: You come home with groceries ready to make something fresh for dinner that evening. You bypassed the fresh herbs in the store, remembering you had bought some a few days earlier.

Aromatic herbs like Mediterranean basil and the fresh thyme Giada De Laurentiis uses to upgrade lemon bars add that wow factor that sets good food apart from an elevated culinary showstopper. But ...

Both fresh and dried herbs can make a dish shine. Can you imagine homemade guacamole without chopped fresh cilantro, pesto without sweet basil, or marinara sauce without a pinch of dried oregano? But ...

For me, there’s a similarity between cooking with herbs and looking at art or listening to loud, fun music. Without those things, life is dull. Imagine your world with white walls, quiet rooms and ...

Lately I've been impressed with how frequently fresh and dried herbs are used in recipes and on television cooking shows. In the past, herbs often played a "bit part" in a meal, now some herbs are an ...

Recipe for Disaster is Slate’s column about the things recipes get wrong—and how to fix them. If you’ve noticed a recipe annoyance, absurdity, or outright lie, file your complaint here and we will ...