If you’ve ever traveled to another country, you know that the experience of trying new foods with different flavors and substances is parallel to none. In the Mother Earth News Guide to Asian Herbs, we hope to bring you a taste of a different culture. From learning about the Chinese herb astragalus to diving into the rich variety of herbs in Vietnam, this issue will help you appreciate flavors from all over the East.

Garlic not only adds intensity and richness to food, but also has healing and preventative qualities as well. With part of the Mother Earth News Herb Companion Series, learn about everything garlic with the Guide to Cooking with Garlic and Other Tasty Herbs. Learn the health benefits of garlic, including preventing and treating different types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, liver damage, and more. Get the tastiest and most classic garlic recipes, such as Garlic Aioli and Garlic and Olive Tapenade. Garlic is not all you get with this guide though. Get recipes starring some of the tastiest and most flavorful herbs, such as Herb Butter and Herb Salt, Basil-Lime Sorbet, Rosemary & Sage Pickles, and recipes for the heartiest soups and freshest breads. Fall in love with cooking with the tastiest herbs with this guide!

Grow herbs all year round with the help of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Growing Rosemary and Other Herbs from the Herb Companion Series. With helpful tips and step by steps this guide will give you a great foundation towards a tastier dish or a better looking garden! From growing seeds indoors, creating colorful window displays, growing herbs overwinter indoors, or growing oregano you'll gain new skills in all things herbal!

Perfect for anyone looking for tips and tricks to eat better and save money, the seventh edition of the Mother Earth News Guide to Growing Your Own Food has advice for growing tomatoes, preserving fresh food, raising chickens for meat, and much more!

Learn how to use cold frames to grow more food. Discover how to keep bees naturally. Get the best eggs ever from your backyard chickens. Try fresh spring recipes using ingredients straight from the garden.

Other articles include:

• Seed-Starting Basics: Start seeds yourself to get a jump on the growing season and enjoy unique plant varieties.
• 21st Century Homestead Food Security: By working with the land, we can produce much of our own food.
• Container Gardening with Vegetables and Herbs: Lacking a good garden spot? Create a bountiful, diverse garden in containers.
• Raising Rabbits for Meat and Breeding Stock: These multipurpose lagomorphs require little and yield lots; an ideal quality that supports raising rabbits for meat.
• To Bake the Best Bread Grind Your Own Grain: Healthy reasons you should consider grinding your own grain at home.

The MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Healing Herbs, 3rd Edition is filled with more than 131 herbs for growing, cooking and healing. You'll learn 21 recipes for better health, read about in-depth plant profiles, make your own cough drops, find cancer-fighting herbs and more.

This 100-page guide is filled with articles that cover everything from making your own herbal medicines to creating herbal vinegars. You'll be able to read about the best herbal remedies; learn about antibacterial food and herbs; dive into making your own natural arthritis remedies; or discover how to use calendula for treating those minor burns, bruises and inflammation.

The editors at MOTHER EARTH NEWS have compiled the best money-saving articles into one invaluable guide. Guide to Saving Money on Food will help you cut your food bills in half with simple bread recipes, instructions how to preserve your own food, gardening techniques, tips on grocery shopping, and so much more.

Mother Earth NewsMediterranean Eatingis full of recipes and guides that teach you how to follow a Mediterranean diet. With more than 15 recipes that reveal how to prepare delicious dishes, this issue makes it a cinch to integrate Mediterranean eating into your lifestyle.

Get more from your garden this year! This sixth edition of Mother Earth News How to Grow and Preserve Your Own Food is filled with expertly written articles on growing a successful, bountiful garden and preserving fresh vegetables and fruits. You’ll learn how to eat in sync with the seasons, make easy compost, dry and freeze produce from your garden, and more.

Discover how to have chickens in the garden by putting their manure to work and enlisting your birds for organic pest control. Learn how to grow great salads year-round. Read about freezing fruits and vegetables from your garden with straightforward freezing tips that turn your garden harvests into sensational, off-season meals. Follow simple steps to build your own solar food dehydrator.

More articles include:

• Grow a Great Fall Garden – Here’s everything you need to know to grow crisp, delicious broccoli, carrots, spinach and more.
• The Amazon Underground Secret to a Better Garden – Enjoy healthier soil and superior harvests by nurturing the symbiotic relationship between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi.
• How to Store Fresh Vegetables – Learn the best crops to grow or buy, and the right ways to keep them.
• How to Make Pickles – These three basics methods put perfect pickling within the grasp of every preserver. Just pick a pickle recipe and get started!
• Drying Herbs: Easier Than You Think – You’ll never buy dried herbs again after you try one or more of these six methods for drying your own herbs at home.

Almost everything you need to know about growing and preserving your own food at home is in this 100-page guide from MOTHER EARTH NEWS. How to Grow and Preserve Your Own Food provides excellent articles filled with tips and advice for growing a healthy, successful garden, as well as canning your leftover bounty to enjoy in those cold winter months.