Learn how to incorporate culinary aromatics into your meals

By Sequim Gazette Staff • March 6, 2024 1:30 am
Photo courtesy of Pam Pace / Add flavor and aroma to your favorite recipes this spring by growing your own culinary aromatics. Find out which tasty vegetables, spices and herbs work best in recipes from Clallam County Master Gardener Pam Pace, who presents “A Cook’s Garden: What, Why and How to Grow Culinary Aromatics” on Thursday, March 14, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Port Angeles.
Photo courtesy of Pam Pace / Add flavor and aroma to your favorite recipes this spring by growing your own culinary aromatics. Find out which tasty vegetables, spices and herbs work best in recipes from Clallam County Master Gardener Pam Pace, who presents “A Cook’s Garden: What, Why and How to Grow Culinary Aromatics” on Thursday, March 14, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Port Angeles.

Culinary aromatics are vegetables, herbs and spices — such as like onions, scallions, celery, thyme and garlic — that when combined in the right way can add flavor and aroma to a recipe.

Learn more about the top choices to add to your a garden from Clallam County Master Gardener Pam Pace, who presents “A Cook’s Garden: What, Why and How to Grow Culinary Aromatics” at the next Green Thumb Education Series event set for noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 510 E. Park Ave., Port Angeles.

Join the presentation online by clicking on a link at extension.wsu.edu/clallam (meeting ID 936 2989 8830, passcode 676224). Or, join by phone by calling 253-215-8782.

“Growing culinary aromatics in the North Olympic Peninsula is not only easy,” Pace said. “but it’s one of the simplest, most economic ways to grow garden-to-table produce throughout the year while taking your culinary skills to the next level.”

Pace was a Master Gardener in Kootenai County, Idaho, and more recently became a Clallam County Master Gardener in 2023. During her lifelong gardening journey, she has grown vegetables, herbs, fruits and flowers in five different planting zones. She spent her early adult years working in the culinary field and throughout the years has evolved into an adventurous home cook.

Throughout the growing season you will find Pace at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden on Thursday mornings, when she oversees the Culinary Garden. When she is not at the Demo Garden, she is busy in her home garden, planting and harvesting or in her kitchen, cooking and preserving.

The Green Thumb Education Series, sponsored by the Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardeners, is held on the second and fourth Thursday of each month through October. In November, December, and January, one lecture is offered. Scheduled presentations are subject to change. Visit the WSU Extension Clallam County website calendar (extension.wsu.edu/clallam) for the latest information on upcoming presentations.

For more information, call 360-565-2678.