With the right love and care for a basil plant, it's not long before you have the main ingredients for delicious culinary recipes and a wonderfully bright addition to your herb garden. But trouble ...

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Tom Douglas and Seattle Kitchen contributor Katie O both grow and love to eat basil. Tom Douglas says his very favorite thing to do with basil in the summer is to use it in a Panzanella salad. Listen ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Hamburger with basil (PROVIDED) Basil is in season, and there are plenty of delicious ways to use up these leaves this summer.

I sow basil and cilantro seed directly into the garden, but to get a jump-start on the season, I buy a few started plants as well. Pots of herbs situated near the back door make it easy to gather ...

As an occasionally distracted deck-gardener, the one plant I must have in abundance is basil. This hardy annual is my favorite herb and once the sun is out for good in the heart of New England, I keep ...

But basil is known as the king of herbs for a reason: It goes so well with so many things. So I wanted to do something different. I wanted to use basil in recipes that do not call for tomato (or ...

Basil flowering takes energy from leaf production, causing leaves to become bitter and bad for cooking. Keep basil from flowering by pinching off any flowering bits to redirect energy to the leaves.