Heloise Dear Heloise: I think most of us have heard of freeze-dried parsley but my mother taught me how to prepare “cold-dried parsley.” First, rinse the parsley, shake it a few times ...

Drying herbs for tea is a simple way to sample some of summer’s bounty long after the garden succumbs to fall chills or gets blanketed in winter snow. So how do you dry herbs for tea?

The herbs may be wrapped in cheesecloth or the parsley wrapped around the thyme and bay leaf. Herb butter One stick unsalted butter or margarine; 1 to 3 tablespoons dried herbs or 2 to 6 tablespoons ...