With just one leaf, you can add lovely nuanced flavor to your recipes. Bay leaves grow on the branches of bay laurel trees ...

You might spend your whole cooking life following recipes that call for bay leaves without really understanding why. Many ...

Although fresh leaves are becoming more widely available, they are usually sold dried. The dried bay leaves are more strongly flavoured than fresh ones, but the uses for both are the same.

Dry the fresh bay leaves in a dehydrator until crisp ... Return to the saucepan and cook over a medium heat, stirring constantly backwards and forwards with a straight-end wooden spoon until ...