Herbs are a gift from nature. They not only help to create aromatic and delicious food, they also support overall health and wellness on a daily basis. Using dried and fresh herbs in your cooking boosts your intake of vitamins and minerals, improves digestion, strengthens immunity, and increases energy. Using plants as medicine is an ancient and powerful tradition that connects you to the earth, helps treat common ailments, promote restful sleep, relaxation, and more.

The Herbal Kitchen will help you recognize the extraordinary pharmacy that probably already exists in your own kitchen. With 50 easy-to-find herbs and spices, information and tips for preparing, storing, and using them, and over 250 simple, flavorful recipes, it will empower you to care for your health.

Whether you are already familiar with herbs or are just starting out on the herbal path, Kami McBride offers recipes for everyone. Mix up refreshing drinks, infuse oil, vinegar and honey, learn how to make tinctures and cordials, salts, sprinkles, and more.

Kami McBride is the author of The Herbal Kitchen. She has developed and taught herbal curriculum for the Master’s program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing. 

For 25 years she has been teaching people to grow and use herbs in their daily lives for every day common ailments. Kami teaches hands-on herbal programs focused on sustainable wellness practices and revitalizing our relationship with the plant world. Her popular course, Cultivating the Herbal Medicine Woman Within is an experiential herbal studies program that empowers people to use herbal medicine in their daily lives for home wellness care.

Paperback 304 pages 2019