Organic Options: Consider seeking out organic bay leaves. They’re not only free ... Fresh leaves are more aromatic but can be ...

Bay leaves may have health benefits, including wound healing and improved memory. However, more research is needed on humans, as most existing studies are on animals or done in test tubes.

It means that I can have a cup of bay leaf at any time. You might be thinking that I could simply break up the dried leaves and boil the tea. Yeah, I can, and do do that, but there are times when ...

Burning bay leaves is a traditional practice that some believe offers health benefits. But there’s little evidence to support these claims. Plus, doctors do not recommend burning and inhaling ...

Shredding leaves in a leaf mulcher significantly reduces their bulk and, better still, creates organic mulch for use ... manufacturer’s instructions. We simply turned on and fed the stand ...

Bay leaves are one of the most common herbs found in grocery stores and in kitchen cabinets. It commonly pops up in hearty soup recipes, like classic comforting matzo ball soup or basic tomato and ...

This story appears in the October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. We have all held leaves, driven miles to see their fall colors, eaten them, raked them, sought their shade.

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Although fresh leaves are becoming more widely available, they are usually sold dried. The dried bay leaves are more strongly flavoured than fresh ones, but the uses for both are the same.

You might spend your whole cooking life following recipes that call for bay leaves without really understanding why. Many recipes instruct you to add a bay leaf or two and then call for them to be ...