Need a companion for that herb pantry? Packed with ideas for enjoying and using herbs, Herb: A Cook's Companion is much more than your average recipe book. Mark Diacono shares the techniques at the heart of sourcing, preparing and using herbs well, enabling you to make delicious food that is as rewarding in the process as it is in the end result. The book explores how to use herbs, when to deploy them, and how to capture those flavors to use when they might not be seasonally available. The reader will become familiar with the differences in flavor intensity, provenance, nutritional benefits and more.