Black pepper tea: It is made by boiling crushed pepper in water, adding lemon juice and, if desired, honey. It’s a safe, all-natural home cure for common headaches and colds. Honey lemon green tea: ...

Although fresh leaves are becoming more widely available, they are usually sold dried. The dried bay leaves are more strongly flavoured than fresh ones, but the uses for both are the same.

What I found over the years is that using bay leaves in long-cooking recipes adds an aromatic flavor. It also has subtle minty and herbal notes. Bay leaf, or bay laurel, also provides a slight ...