What is Lovage?
{{taxobox |name = Lovage |image = Liebstöckel.JPG |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Apiales]] |familia = [[Apiaceae]] |genus = '''''Levisticum''''' |genus_authority = [[John Hill (author)|Hill]] |species = '''''L. officinale''''' |binomial = ''Levisticum officinale'' |binomial_authority = [[Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch|W.D.J.Koch]] }} '''Lovage''' (''Levisticum officinale'') is a tall [[perennial]] [[plant]]. == Uses == Lovage [[leaf|leaves]] can be used in [[salad]]s or to make [[soup]], and the [[root]]s can be eaten as [[vegetable]] or [[wikt:grate|grated]] for use in [[salad]]s. Lovage [[seed]]s can be used as a [[spice]]. In the UK, lovage [[cordial]] was traditionally mixed with [[brandy]] as a [[winter]] drink. <ref>[http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Flav/flav.pdf USDA Database for the Flavonoid Content of Selected Foods] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716210723/http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/Flav/flav.pdf |date=2012-07-16 }} ''nal.usda.gov'', March 2003</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Herbs & spices}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Apiaceae]]