The Story of Basil: listen now

Gilly Smith

delicious. podcast producer Gilly is a food journalist who loves to delve into the deep stuff. She's written a total of 16 books throughout her career

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Food writer Simon Parkes tells podcaster Gilly Smith the story of the basil, king of Italian herbs.

Simon reveals tell-tale signs of which region different types of Italian basil are from, alternative ways for using it (mummification and medicinal purposes) and explains that this herb didn’t originate in Europe at all.

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