Herbs for Flavor, Health, and Natural Beauty

Tantalize your tastebuds and naturally enhance your beauty with fresh herbs! Featuring gorgeous photography, this one-of-a-kind guide is a carefully cultivated collection of beauty and healing secrets, space-saving herb garden ideas, and recipes for delectable herb-inspired dishes. Discover the wide variety of delicious, healthy, and beautiful ways to use herbs in your kitchen--from familiar flavors like basil and thyme to new favorites like burnet and tarragon.

Tantalize your tastebuds and naturally enhance your beauty with fresh herbs! Featuring gorgeous photography, this one-of-a-kind guide is a carefully cultivated collection of beauty and healing secrets, space-saving herb garden ideas, and recipes for delectable herb-inspired dishes. Discover the wide variety of delicious, healthy, and beautiful ways to use herbs in your kitchen--from familiar flavors like basil and thyme to new favorites like burnet and tarragon.

Jim started his culinary journey over 25 years ago after receiving his culinary arts degree from Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville, WI. As an aspiring chef in Lake Geneva, WI, Jim honed his skills at various resorts and country clubs such as Geneva National, where he planted an herb and edible flower garden containing over 40 varieties, which was used extensively in the restaurants menus. From there Jim started his own business as a freelance food stylist and recipe developer. Over the years, Jim has created hundreds of recipes for dozens of publishing companies and food companies. His work can be seen in every grocery store and has been in dozens of cookbooks, magazines and newspaper articles such as Taste of Home, SIFT, Light & Tasty, The Janesville Gazette and Milwaukee Journal. Jena Weller Carlin grew up on an organic dairy farm in rural Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in painting and minor in photography. During college, she met her ever-supportive husband, Brandon Carlin. They moved to Milwaukee where Jena started her photography career working for Taste of Home Magazine. Here, for three years, she nurtured her growing love of food photography.  There is something about capturing a still image and being able to smell it and feel its warmth. Food as a photography subject welds my urge for buying antique home goods and my creative nature for making imagery.  This is how Jena describes her specialty. With her son, Austin, and another baby Carlin on the way, Jena enjoys all the spoils associated with having a loving family and a successful career.