Tarragon: How to Cook With It, Grow It and Buy the Right Kind

Fresh tarragon sprigs with Béarnaise sauce and lemon

Rub a leaf between your fingers and the scent arrives at once: sweet, faintly liquorice, a little peppery, with something green and grassy underneath. It’s the smell of BĂ©arnaise sauce, of a classic French roast chicken, of a sharp vinaigrette on a summer salad. That’s tarragon, one of the great herbs of French cooking and […]