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    From My Herb Garden

    Fresh herbs, snipped this morning at the peak of their flavor, washed and laid out on towels to air dry.  Top left is parsley, lower left if French tarragon, center chives.  These will be chopped and blended together, put into a zip lock freezer bag, and stored in the freezer for use throughout the year to flavor scrambled eggs … a combination that elevates eggs from ordinary to sublime. On the far right is rosemary, just waiting to be finely chopped and added to Orange-Rosemary Biscotti (recipe to follow). Yesterday I harvested a big bunch of chives.  Washed, air dried, and finely chopped while still garden fresh, they keep like new when placed in zip lock freezer bags and frozen.  They remain as green and supple as when they were harvested, ready to use in soups, stews, mashed potatoes or…