IV: Hedge Mustard
The search for the perfect voice tonic.
Herbs
VI: Asarum
How wild ginger dances with flies and ants.
I: Coltsfoot
How not to overreact to something new.
IX: Celandine
A case of doppelgänger confusion.
III: Laurel
Empires and crowns; laurels and stephanos.
IV: Sorrel
How sorrel revolutionized French cooking.
VI: Corn Salad
How a humble weed ignited a foodie revolution.
III: Chicory
A blue flower with a root that makes you sip and think.
III: Madder
How mummy paint created robbery fashion.
I: Hazelwort
A hazelwort a day keeps the witches away.
I: Hemp
Hemp ropes disappeared for, yes, that reason.
II: Saffron
The flower that inspired rich Austrians to commit piracy.