Fragrant, Flavorful & Fascinating
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My passions for lavender, cooking and good food led me to experimenting with cooking with lavender—and ultimately to writing and publishing my own cookbook.

Discover Cooking with Lavender is an ideal guide for seasoned chefs, foodies, and novice cooks as well as lavender and gardening enthusiasts.

Readers will learn about buying, growing and harvesting lavender. Cooks will discover the varieties of lavender best for culinary use, how to harvest lavender buds and new techniques for bringing this herb’s exotic flavor into drinks, savories and desserts.

From seasonings to drinks, savory dishes to sweets, Discover Cooking with Lavender features my 75 top recipes, including:

And don't forget Josephine’s Hot Chocolate. Lavender is the secret ingredient in this nightcap that Josephine created to put Napoleon in a “romantic” mood!

The following review of my bookat OregonLive.com includes four complete recipes: Lavender adds lovely floral notes to dishes sweet and savory...

Take a peek inside the book or learn more about the recipes in my book by watching me demonstrate a few of them on TV:

Find more praise for Discover Cooking with Lavender (and the recipe for Lemon Lavender Poundcake) on Chef Kathy Casey's blog...