Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2), credited to Maurice Grenville Kains, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2) by Maurice Grenville Kains. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Jennifer Fournier; Dustin Thomas; BettyB; acousticwave; Kathleen Moore; Alison Gilchrist; Mel Atto; Stefan Von Blon; Nan Dodge; John; jenno; Ruth P.; KevinS Culinary Herbs may be regarded as the secret to preparing good food from antiquity to the the height of culinary art. Maurice Grenville Kains gives a thorough introduction the the subject considering the history of herbs, their cultivation and preparation. This is followed by detailed discussion of individual herbs from angelica to thyme. - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2)
• Author credits: Maurice Grenville Kains
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 46
• Listed recording duration: 4:17:42

Catalogue topics

• food
• Gardening
• Herbs
• cooking
• spice
• seasoning
• culinary arts

Opening tracks: first 24 of 46

1. 00 - Preface — 4:06
2. 01 - Culinary Herbs — 11:01
3. 02 - A Dinner of Herbs — 6:36
4. 03 - Culinary Herbs Defined: Beginning - Production of New Varities — 12:03
5. 04 - Culinary Herbs Defined: Status and Uses - Methods of Curing — 7:49
6. 05 - Culinary Herbs Defined: Drying and Storage - Herbs as Garnishes — 12:06
7. 06 - Culinary Herbs Defined: Propagation Seeds - Divisiom — 11:51
8. 07 - Culinary Herbs Defined: Transplanting - Location of Herb Garen — 9:08
9. 08 - Culinary Herbs Defined: The Soil and Its Preparation - Double Cropping — 5:56
10. 09 - Culinary Herbs Defined: Herb Relationships — 11:48
11. 10 - Angelica — 4:14
12. 11 - Anise — 4:06
13. 12 - Balm — 4:42
14. 13 - Basil — 7:41
15. 14 - Borage — 5:21
16. 15 - Caraway — 5:35
17. 16 - Catnip — 4:35
18. 17 - Chervil — 1:56
19. 18 - Chives — 2:02
20. 19 - Clary — 2:37
21. 20 - Coriander — 4:18
22. 21 - Cumin — 3:02
23. 22 - Dill — 6:08
24. 23 - Fennel — 7:22

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