A Saucy shoutout to the St. Louis Herb Society!
Its Herbal Cookery: From the Kitchens and Gardens of the St. Louis Herb Society just placed second nationally in the Tabasco Community Cookbook Awards sponsored by McIlhenny Co.
“We were notified a couple of weeks ago, and we’ve been flying high since then,” said Stephanie Prade, who co-chairs the society’s cookbook committee with Patricia Holt. “The Tabasco award is really the premiere nonprofit cookbook award presenter in the United States – there’s pretty much the Tabasco award and everything else. And we are so honored to be recognized.”
Published in 2009, Herbal Cookery contains 175 pages, 218 recipes, gardening hints, herbal lore and full-color photos taken by Holt in the herb garden at Missouri Botanical Garden.
“All of our members – and we have over 60 members – contributed to this cookbook,” Prade noted. “An herb or herbs are central to every recipe. I really think we stand out because … our book is so beautiful.”
This article appears in Mar 1-31, 2010.