The Washington Post, August 1st, 2001
This week's look at what's new, mysterious or bountiful in the produce aisles. If you were living on the planet Mars in the 1970s perhaps you did not know that pesto -- a sauce made of basil, pine nuts, olive oil and Parmesan or pecorino cheese -- held the United States in its thrall. In time, the overkill gave basil a bad name. This herb, a member of the mint family, has hundreds of uses that don't require you to beat it to a paste with pine nuts. For purposes of limiting discussion, we will dwell here on Italian sweet basil, though there are dozens of varieties, topics for another day, which...
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