bay-leaf

Imagine him wearing a long robe, with a bay-leaf wreath in his hair, and carrying a staff tied with the ribbons of the god Apollo, whom he served.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

Imagine him wearing a long robe, with a bay-leaf wreath in his hair, and carrying a staff tied with the ribbons of the god Apollo, whom he served.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

'Rather like asking my mother what she wants for a Saturnalia present … Though Ma never needs a bay-leaf snack to make her confusing.'

See Delphi and Die Davis, Lindsey 2005

Braise three pounds of beef upon twenty little onions, ten mushrooms, and two glasses of red wine, salt, pepper, thyme and bay-leaf; cook for one and one-half hours with not too hot a fire.

The Belgian Cookbook Various

-- If flavours of onion, bay-leaf, parsley, etc., are desired, these should be cooked with the vegetables, so as to be extracted in the vegetable water.

Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management Ontario. Ministry of Education

Cook the onion in the oil over a slow fire, without allowing the onion to become colored, then add a small bunch of parsley stems, a small piece of celery, a bay-leaf, and a small sprig of thyme.

Simple Italian Cookery Antonia Isola

Add a little flour to give body to the sauce, stir well, then remove the bay-leaf, and take the saucepan off the fire.

Simple Italian Cookery Antonia Isola

Add two big onions sliced, and a very large carrot also sliced, thyme, bay-leaf, two cloves, pepper and salt, and, if you like it, two garlic knobs.

The Belgian Cookbook Various

Chop up fine two ounces of lean ham and a small piece of onion, add a little celery, the stalks of parsley, one clove, one-half tablespoon of pepper, and one-half bay-leaf.

Simple Italian Cookery Antonia Isola

While this is cooking, put into another saucepan three tablespoons of best vinegar, two tablespoons of fish broth, and one-half bay-leaf.

Simple Italian Cookery Antonia Isola