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The Critical Herb Mistake That's Costing You Flavor By Maria Scinto Sept. 28, 2025 4:00 pm EST

Fresh and dried herbs are very different things. Okay, so technically they're the same, but their different states mean that they need distinct treatments when cooking. For one thing, if you're substituting dried herbs for fresh ones , you'll typically use a lot less since the flavor is more concentrated. For another, you'll also be adding the two herbs at different points in a recipe. While dried herbs should be incorporated fairly early in the cooking process so their flavor has time to develop, Cassie Johnston, cookbook author and recipe developer at Wholefully , cautioned that certain fresh ones need to go in at the end.

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