Basil conjures up images of summer; warmth, languor and above all sunshine. It’s one of the tastes I’ve recently started to crave, along with salad greens, cilantro and mint. I love kale, but it’s getting a little monotonous this winter – like the one evergreen tree outside my office window.
I suspect that I am really wishing for the colors of spring and summer greens, at least as much as their flavors.
