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Summer 2022 Herbal Salts- The Fruit Series

July 28, 2022

Summer 2022 Herbal Salts- The Fruit Series

July 27th 2022

SOLD OUT! Sorry

Even though these are sold out, this will give you a good idea of what is to come.

Something deep inside me lights up in the presence of fresh herbs. I am enraptured by them, as well as those who grow and use them. I hope I can inspire you to use more of them.

Fresh herbs have been a symbol of my own artistry and creative spirit since I started growing them in my garden in Eugene, Oregon, in my early 20’s. Not only are they a staple in my cooking, but they have sprung up in every aspect of my life ever since.

My Herbal Roots is the creative manifestation of everything herbal I have experienced along the way, and a projection of all to come. It’s a place for me to share my herbal passion indiscriminately, allowing me to document the herbal moments that light my path, providing a home to pause in celebration and appreciation.

I have been conscious of my own innate passionate streak from an early age. Like many others, I remember coloring outside the lines as a child. What set me apart was the self-confidence I had that couldn’t be swayed by anyone telling me it was wrong. My inner strength carried me forward from the get-go, fearlessly driving me to where and who I am today.

The Summer 2022 – The Fruit Series is a manifestation of my life in Missouri. I hope you enjoy.

Pineapple Green Chili Verbena Salt

Fresh Herbs: Lemon Verbena, Honey Melon Sage, Strawberry Geranium Flowers, Pineapple Mint, Spearmint, Evening Primrose Petals Produce: Fresh Pineapple, Lime Juice, Serrano Chili, Red Bell Peppers, Garlic Scapes, Green Dandelion  Spices: Smoked Paprika, Sumac, Bee Pollen  Citrus Zest: Lemon & Lime Zest  Other: Smoked Oak Water, Hot Mustard, Pineapple Powder, (House) Smoked Maldon Salt, Maldon Salt

Summer Fig & Rosemary Salt 

Fresh Herbs: Pink Majorca and Santa Barbara Rosemary, Big Blue and Spanish Lavender Leaves, Horehound, Lemon Leaf, Licorice, Ginger Bush, Turkestan Oregano, White Sage  Produce: Fresh Figs, Meyer Lemon Juice  Spices: Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cobanero Chili Flakes,  Sweet Paprika, Robusta Black Pepper, Dried Elderflower and Lavender Blossoms  Citrus Zest: Lemon Zest  Other: Kefalonia Royal Jelly, Maldon Salt

Summer Melon Herb Salt

Fresh Herbs: Rau Rom (Vietnamese Coriander), Cilantro, Japanese & Vietnamese Mints, Thai Basil, Spearmint, Lemongrass, Lemon Basil, Purple Basil, Thai Basil Flower Buds  Produce:  Galia Melon, Serrano Chili, Garlic Scapes, Lime Juice  Spices: Lemongrass Powder, Galangal Powder, Matcha Powder, Markut Lime Powder, Ginger Powder, White Pepper  Citrus Zest: Lemon & Lime Zest  Other: Maldon Salt

Smoky Apricot & #MangoJoy BBQ Floral Salt

Fresh Herbs: Zuta Levana, Melon Bush Sage, Cardinal Sage, Purple Sage, White Sage, Lemon Leaf,  Melissa Lavender Flowers, Big Blue Lavender Leaves, Tuscan Blue Rosemary, Zambesi Thyme, Orange Thyme, Pine Geranium Flowers, Hyssop Flowers, Maui Wormwood Produce:  Fresh Ataulfo Mango, Grilled Apricots, Garlic Scapes, Jalapeño  Spices: Smoked Paprika, Cobanero Chili Flakes, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Mora Chipotle Chilies,  Urfa Chili Flakes, Rose Petals, Elderflower Blossoms, Bee Pollen Citrus Zest: Lemon & Lime Zest  Other: Liquid Smoke, Brown Sugar, (House) Smoked Maldon Salt, Maldon Salt

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We are back in Brooklyn. Long shit ass story filled with 48 hours of inca pain. Put him on serious pain meds and Checked ourselves into a dumbo hotel  and he is sleeping like a baby - FINALLY.  A few more vet visits this week and some tourism and fun and then we head home fucking defeated and so excited. 

Many good moments obviously - no regrets. We would not have known about his cancer if we didn't come here!
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🥭 THE CRESPO PUPPY BOWL! 🏈🐶
❤️ A GAME OF HEART, HISTORY & MANGOES!

Before the fur flies, let’s meet our players:

🏆 Inca the Old Man Pitbull – A true OG from the Bronx (like @jlo 👀), about to retire but still got the moves.

🏆 Milo & Maui, the Red-Headed Rookies – Young, fast, and full of energy.

First we pause before the game ❤️
💛 In Loving Memory – RIP Rocco 🕊️ Forever a Crespo legend.

🔥 Now THE GAME! Inca dodges like a fiberless Ataulfo, but the rookies charge forward—TOUCHDOWN! 🏆 Inca fights back with buttery finesse, but the golden duo is too quick.

🏆 FINAL SCORE: TEXAS TAKES IT!

🐱 Ref Controversy? Was Sapa the Ref bribed? #RefBias or fair game?

🥭 MANGO FACT: Dogs love mangoes! No pit, no peel—just pure #MangoJoy!

🔥 Who’s the real MVP? Drop a 🏆 for Team Mango, 🐶 for Team Inca, or 🦴 for Team Milo & Maui! @crespoorganic 

#PuppyBowl #MangoJoy #CrespoOrganic #MangoBowl #TexasTakesIt #DogsLoveMangoes
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When I went to pick up Inka today after a little skin cancer removal, this eastern bluebird sat on my car packing up the window despite the road being super busy and a hyper dog next to the car. This bird just sat there, looking at me and packing up the window. No if you’re like me, you believe this is a sign. Very much like the time in Brooklyn when a red cardinal came to my window every day for a week.  If he learns to pay attention and I’ll admit the past several years, I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should. The universe gives you all the signs you need. You do, unfortunately have to do a significant amount of work once you see and understand the signs.
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Peas, asparagus, spinach, young onion and mint, parsley, fennel fronds  and chives. 

For me, this is heavenly
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Calabrian Chili Mustard-Mint Chicken Schnitzel (Herbal breadcrumbs and rye flour breading - @quailandcondor pan siciliano) 

Potato and Shaved Fennel Salad with Herbs, Radishes, Favas and Asparagus (Herbs: Parsley, Mint, Fennel Fronds, Chives, lemon Thyme)
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One of my favorite herb combinations is mint and eggs. This was something  I learned in my early days working in the Middle East. 

I can’t imagine eggs without mint. Even my Brooklyn style bagel sandwiches - I add lots of mint. 

Today choosing a 3 mint combo preserving the freshness in the cheese 🧀 

Spearmint, Moroccan Mint and Cuban Mint
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Power vs. Force — The Righteous Emergence Collection

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Awakening | Aligned | Opening | Surging | Verdant | Generative | Collective | Interconnected

Power vs. Force — The Righteous Emergence Collection is spring power. These eight salts and a bonus confectionery sugar are a mirror of spring’s righteous emergence happening in my Healdsburg, California herb garden — and a deeper exploration of power in a world currently saturated in force. This collection copiously shares the garden’s potency and sharpness at every angle — green garlic surging, sweet peas deceptively vigorous, chive blossoms popping, spearmint electric. Erupting, vigorous spring soft-stemmed herbs cut into large, jagged renditions are unapologetic in their strength and textured demeanor.  Parsley, mint, chives and cilantro are used excessively. Whole plant use discovers new powers in pollen, stems, flowers, seeds, shells, and pith — together an orchestra of energy. Winter herbs in their spring peak offer power in softer, fresher versions — rosemary lighter and more perfumed, sage greener and less pungent, marjoram less sultry in youth. These salts are denser, more potent, and brighter than any collection to date; verdant and collective in nature — accessible to anyone willing to cook with the full force of spring.

A special shout out to @valeriageorginags - who makes any of my reels that are any good.
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I was born in spring. I am spring power. Each spring I surge. This collection is a result of all surging prior and a reminder to live, lead and love with righteous power —like spring, especially in a world overrun by force……..It’s Aries season. 

The spring herbal salt collection is now live and ready to come into your kitchen or just into your creativity when peruse. 

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Spring 2026
Power vs. Force — The Righteous Emergence Collection

Awakening | Aligned | Opening | Surging | Verdant | Generative | Collective | Interconnected

I’ll be posting here and on #tiktok  more about each salt over the new few days. It’s fun and these salts are some of my best yet.
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One little magnolia tree in my garden inspired this powerful and experimental offering. Magnolia petals taste of spicy floral, with a lot of ginger notes, tiny nuances of cardamom, clove, and even  citrus. I thought they be perfect melded into one of my custom chais spice mixes and I get worried experimenting with pearl sugar as I had an idea I wanted to put this atop strawberry scones. Sugar, as I have learned, in past experiments is unforgiving so this has evolved as everything I thought or wanted to happen did not. Like most my experiments it sticks the eventual and surprising landing. 

The new collection comes out next week - and the other 7 offerings are salts. 

The collection exploration is about power. Something my Aries self has been exploring since birth. 

Spring 2026
Power vs. Force — The Righteous Emergence Collection

Awakening | Aligned | Opening | Surging | Verdant | Generative | Collective | Interconnected

Rhubarb Spiced Chai
Magnolia Salty-Sugar

Fresh Herbs: Lavender, Pink Dianthus, Purple Sage, Strawberry Geranium, Pineapple 
Sage, Moroccan Mint, Wild Violets, Tarragon, Rosemary Produce: Ginger, Strawberries, 
Rhubarb, Citrus & Peach Blossoms Spices: Vanilla, Cinnamon Green & Black Cardamon, 
All Spice, Mace, Black & White Peppercorn, Litsea Berries, Pollen Citrus Zest: Lemon and 
Orange Zest Other: Magnolia Flowers, Maldon Salt, Pearl Sugar
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Remember my Winter-Sweet Chrysophoeia Salt I made for @loandbeholdhealdsburg ? Well it ended up on the new menu on a lick and sip spring adventure crafted by @jeffrey_david_henrie 

The Alchemist
 @newalchemydistilling Arborist Gin, green apple, lemon arugula, celery, hops 

It’s everything I dreamed it would be!!
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The Verdant(ce)

Gin 
Dry Vermouth 
(Wish I had green chartreuse in hand!)

I also am out of sugar so I made a simple syrup using powdered sugar (honestly I’m now obsessed)

Celrey leaves, parsley, Moroccan  mint, spearmint, black lime, peach blossoms rose water, tiny bit of Vietnamese litsea berry 

Lemon and lime 
Soda water 

If you know me you know I’m obsessed with celery juice in cocktails / star fruit celery gimlet my absolute fav.
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Special project for @loandbeholdhealdsburg  by @myherbalroots 

Winter-Sweet
Herbal Chrysopoeia Salt 


Fresh Herbs: Fennel Fronds, Parsley, Celery Leaf, Wild Arugula, Coriander, Red Dandelion, Calendula Petals, Violets Produce:  Whole Lemons & Tango Tangerines, Turnip Greens, Carrot Tops, Spigarello Broccoli Greens Spices: Sumac, Purple Shallow Powder, Fermented White Peppercorns, Yellow Mustard Seed, Fennel Seed, Juniper Berries  Citrus Zest: Lemon Zest Other: Maldon Salt

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Chrysopoeia is the ancient alchemical act of turning base matter into gold. A hard freeze did exactly that in my garden — starches converting to sugar, and what was bitter and stubborn became something unexpectedly sweet and concentrated. This bright, herbaceous salt is the result of that cold snap. Carrot tops, turnip greens, and spigarello yield earthy, subterranean, dug-up flavor — the depth before light, on the way to bright. Frost-kissed red dandelion, bolted wild arugula, and coriander display pleasant bitterness, minerality, and sharpness as they move from cold into early spring sun. Celery leaf reedy and clean. Parsley the green electricity, dancing with whole bright lemons and spicy Tango tangerines — slurried like hail and slushed into the salt. Calendula petals lend a buttery, faintly resinous warmth while violets flicker color like dancing light off frost. A subtle mix of spice keeps this citrus-forward salt firmly on the savory side. Sumac offers a minuscule tinge of tart. Fermented white peppercorns heat like our warmer pre-spring days. Juniper adds a quiet forested depth beneath everything. Yellow mustard and fennel seed swirl in further complexity — the savory undercurrent that keeps the brightness honest. All of it engulfed in winter-sweet fennel fronds threading anise freshness throughout. The result is urgent, alive, bright winter/spring herbaceousness. It tastes of the cusp we lie on.

Unlike the fraudulent practitioners who chased chrysopoeia for wealth, this salt returns to the ancient truth at its heart — the gold was never the goal. It was the practice. 

This  is my herbal alchemy.
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Lemony Rosemary White Beans and Broccoli & a Fried Egg
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I’m making my Passion Fruit Pork Mole this year - but regardless what the “flavor is” I love making Christmas Mole and Tamales… 

Link in my story for my Mango version, which I think is amazing. Mole and tamales are a fun project for a full house and feeds en masse. 

A reminder that a long list of ingredients isn’t a bad thing- especially for those of you who have spice stocked kitchens which you all should! (@curiospice has last minute sales I’m sure for gifting yourself or loved ones if your kitchen isn’t stocked)
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