Cinnamon: More Than a Spice

Cinnamomum verum (true or Ceylon cinnamon) has been among the most valued spices in human history, traded across thousands of miles in the ancient world and worth its weight in silver at various points in the medieval spice trade. Cinnamon bark rolled into quills...

The Plants That Have Always Been There

There is a moment that comes for almost everyone who moves from casual interest in herbs to genuine practice: the moment when you realize that the plants you are coming to know are the same plants that have always been there, and that the knowledge you are slowly...