Nation's Restaurant News (Magazine)
July 3, 2000
Culinary Currents, Page: 38
Bret Thorn
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In the world of American fine dining, even herbs go in and out of style. For some reason, at this time of aggressive chilies and soy and garlic, delicately nuanced chervil is the herb of the moment.
Chervil not only has taken parsley's traditional position as the finishing touch on a plate, perched atop foods as if preening its feathery leaves in the dining-room light, but also is replacing garlic in mashed potatoes, basil in pesto and any number of herbs in butter.
Chervil has the anise flavor of tarragon but lighter and the springlike freshness of parsley but more subtle. In this era of supercharged flavors, chervil offers balance.
"It's one of my ...
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