Tarragon saying “I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.” Fernand Point French chef and restaurateur and is considered to be the father of modern French cuisine was quoted as saying “A Bearnaise sauce is simply an egg yolk, a shallot, a little tarragon vinegar, and butter, but it takes years of practice for the result to be perfect.” Tarragon Tarragon ("Artemisia dracunculus"), also known as estragon, is a species of perennial herb in the sunflower family. It is widespread in the wild across much of Eurasia and North America,
Soy sauce BC – 220 AD) and was listed in the bamboo slips found in the archaeological site Mawangdui (馬王堆). There are several precursors of soy sauce that are associated products with soy paste. Among them the earliest one is "Qingjiang" (清醬) that had appeared in AD 40 and was listed in "Simin Yueling" (). Others are "Jiangqing" (醬清), "Chizhi" (豉汁) and "Chiqing" (豉清) which are recorded in "Qimin Yaoshu" () in AD 540. By the time of the Song dynasty (960–1279 AD), the term "soy sauce" (醬油) had become the accepted name for the liquid condiment, which are documented in two