I blame the pesto. Yes, we are growing basil again this year, and no, I am not making pesto. Too busy. But my husband loves pesto, which you may have inferred if you read last summer’s post about making pesto. Perhaps, in a moment of longing (and delirium) about the absence of pesto, he went…
Category: Basil
Under the Chicago Sun
Every year we buy two sweet basil plants. They are easygoing herbs and ask for little. They withstand storms and seem impervious to bugs. The basil flourish, and right around this time each year, the plants delight in flowering and producing seeds, wanting to continue their enchanting circle of life. But we frown when our plants…
Remember the Taste 