What smells and tastes irresistible? Fresh dishes with local herbs. Yvonne Schwarzinger skillfully shows you how to create aromatic meals using various herbs from the garden, pot, and meadow. The cookbook combines over 50 delightful recipes featuring chives, mint, basil, and more, which can be easily and effectively implemented in everyday life. The author explains in an easy-to-understand manner how to prepare simple yet refined dishes with herbs: - Starters: Wild herb salad with cream cheese dumplings or cress cream soup with trout crispy pockets - Main courses: Herb hay leg of lamb or giant prawns in green herb sauce - Bread & Desserts: Chocolate mint tart or rosemary bread - Canning recipes: Wild garlic pesto or apricot jam with lavender. In 31 brief profiles, the experienced chef introduces you to the colorful world of herbs. You will learn where.