Coriander Coriander Coriander (; "Coriandrum sativum"), also known as cilantro () or Chinese parsley, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. All parts of the plant are edible, but the fresh leaves and the dried seeds are the parts most traditionally used in cooking. Most people perceive the taste of coriander leaves as a tart, lemon/lime taste, but a smaller group, of about 4–14% of people tested, think the leaves taste like bath soap, as linked to a gene which detects aldehyde chemicals also present in soap. Coriander is native to regions spanning from southern Europe and northern Africa to
Osbert Parsley Osbert Parsley Osbert Parsley (1511 – 1585) was an English renaissance composer. Osbert Parsley was born in 1511 and died in Norwich in 1585. He was a 'singing-child' in Norwich Cathedral, and was appointed a 'singing man' circa 1534. Parsley is first mentioned in the extant cathedral accounts for 1538–40 as a lay clerk, and he continues to appear in subsequent documentation until his death. In 1558 Parsley was married to Rose and bought a house and premises in St. Saviour's parish from John Hering and his wife Helen, which he owned until 1583. Spanning the Reformation, Parsley wrote church