Why growing chervil or 'gourmet parsley' offers many tasty benefits

Fiann Ó Nualláin on why growing chervil or ‘gourmet parsley’ offers you the recipe for success.

Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium) is a hardy biennial herb generally treated as annual. It is in the Apiaceae family and is often referred to as “gourmet parsley” but has a hit of anise to its aroma and a subtle myrrh-like sweetness to its flavour. There are some old herbal references to chervil as myrrh and to it having similar healing — if not spiritual — attributes to myrrh.