Layering aroma Yuzu fruit has an intriguing complexity—our local fruit is perfumed and fragrant with a hint of funk—and that can be hard to capture.…
alembicsAugust 4, 2022
In celebration of citrus as it’s bursting into blossom After carrying all that fruit over late winter and early spring, the cycle begins anew. If…
alembicsOctober 22, 2021
The Beauty of Quince Quince is about to come into season, so what should we do with a harvest of this strange, ugly-beautiful fruit? At…
alembicsApril 17, 2020
Ode To Rose The scent of a beautiful rose is special, touching a place deep inside us, engaging a sensory apparatus older, more primordial…
alembicsDecember 19, 2019
Freesia, honeysuckle, jasmine, white ginger, gardenia, and orange blossom—all highly fragrant, creamy white flowers containing a magic chemical compound known as ‘indol.’ Indolic flowers are…
alembicsMay 28, 2019
The Green Pharmacy The inspiration for this rambling article issues from Barbara Griggs wonderful herbal go-to book The Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of…
alembicsDecember 9, 2018