"Freshly dried bay leaves, properly stored, add a distinct earthy sassafras flavor to gumbos and stews,” says Toups. If you're curious about what bay leaves taste like alone, boil a few leaves ...

"Freshly dried bay leaves, properly stored, add a distinct earthy sassafras flavor to gumbos and stews,” says Toups. If you're curious about what bay leaves taste like alone, boil a few leaves ...

It might be thickened with okra, filé powder (dried sassafras leaves), or roux (a combination of fat and flour). It often starts with the Cajun and Creole “holy trinity” of onions ...

Each stamp showcases a single leaf from the aspen, sassafras, oak, maple and sweetgum trees. Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps using existing photographs. "I am ...