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the celery you forgot to invent, screaming with flavor and Roman ambition
means A tall perennial herb whose leaves, stems, and seeds taste like an intense, peppery celery, used to flavor soups, stocks, and stews.
from From Old French 'levesche', from Late Latin 'levisticum', an altered form of Latin 'ligusticum' — literally 'the Ligurian plant,' named for Liguria, the region of northwest Italy where it grew abundantly. So the 'love' in lovage is an accident of sound: English ears reshaped a plant-of-Liguria into something that seemed to be about affection, when really it was always just very Roman geography.
- roman favorite
- Romans seasoned nearly everything with its punchy leaves
- giant herb
- Can tower over seven feet tall
- hollow stems
- Stalks once candied or used as drinking straws
- flavor bomb
- Tastes like celery cranked to eleven
- old remedy
- Long used to soothe bloating and digestion
lovage root extract — traditional european herb (levisticum officinale) used in herbal medicine and liqueurs since medieval times
maggi plant — common name for lovage in germany and switzerland, used to flavor soups and broths for over 400 years