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  Chives Canadian Bistro - About Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Whether guests are gathering with a group of co-workers, celebrating an anniversary, or grabbing a quick bite to eat before the theatre, Chives has delivered meals and service above all expectations.
The level of cooking at Chives has only occurred because we follow the seasons so closely, I our menu creation.
Chives Canadian Bistro focuses everyday on utilizing fresh, in-season, and local product in our menus.
www.chives.ca /about.html   (219 words)

  
  Chives - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a species of flowering plant in the onion family Alliaceae, native to Europe and Asia.
Chives are grown for their leaves, which are used as herbs; they have a somewhat milder flavour than onions, green onions, or garlic.
Chinese chives (also referred as garlic chives) are used in Chinese cuisine as a garnish in a number of stir fry dishes, tossed in after cooking is complete to add color and mild flavor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chives   (537 words)

  
 Chives
Chives are hardy, draught tolerant, perennials, eight to twenty inches tall, that grow in clumps from underground bulbs.
Chives should be fertilized several times during the growing season with a balanced commercial fertilizer or bone meal and manure.
Chives are usually used fresh and are a common addition to baked potatoes, cream soups, and egg dishes.
www.ces.ncsu.edu /depts/hort/hil/hil-124.html   (607 words)

  
 Chives
Chives are the bright green, long, hollow, thin leaves of Allium schoenoprasum, an onionlike member of the lily family.
Chives are one of the herbs used in fines herbes, a traditional French herb blend.
Chives have a mild, onionlike flavor, with a hint of garlic.
www.culinarycafe.com /Spices_Herbs/Chives.html   (109 words)

  
 Herbs: Chives
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) and garlic belong to the genus Allium, considered the "ornamental" relative of the onion.
Chives were also believed to drive away evil influences and disease when hung in dried bunches around the house.
Chives also have high levels of vitamin C and A, but unlike the far more concentrated garlic, they contain only small amounts of the sulfur and so rarely are they mentioned as having medicinal properties.
www.sallys-place.com /food/columns/gilbert/chives.htm   (1246 words)

  
 Farmgirl Fare: Chives & Herbed Yogurt Cheese
Orderly rows of chive plants add grace and charm to any garden, be it a sprawling vegetable patch or formal herb bed.
Chives are the ideal plant for the lazy or time-pressed gardener, for once established, they require little maintenance, and it is practically impossible to kill them.
In early spring, while most perennials are still shaking off their winter sleep, your already verdant chive rows will be busy transforming themselves into cheerful masses of showy, lavender-pink globes that will delight your color-starved eyes and draw scores of grateful bees to your otherwise lackluster garden.
www.foodiefarmgirl.blogspot.com /2005/07/chives-herbed-yogurt-cheese.html   (1666 words)

  
 Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Chives grow in clumps, with their round, hollow, grass-like leaves reaching a height of 9 inches or so.
The easiest way to start chives is to dig a clump from an established patch to transplant into your garden.
Chives are easier to snip with scissors than cut with a knife.
www.gardenguides.com /herbs/chives.htm   (400 words)

  
 Out of the Frying Pan! Herb & Spice Encyclopedia: Chives
Mild cousin to the onion, chives have a subtle onion flavor and are a popular addition to dips, sauces, and potato dishes.
Chives are very easy to grow, requiring minimal attention and thriving in poor soil and a wide range of conditions.
Chives are also a component of fines herbes.
www.outofthefryingpan.com /spices/chives.shtml   (191 words)

  
 Chives - Plants Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Chives is one of my favourite herbs because of its fresh flavour, and because it's so easy to use.
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) actually belongs to the lily family yet it has the same genus as onions and garlic.
Chives develop large pink flowers from as early on in the year as May, and it can reach heights of upto twelve...
www.dooyoo.co.uk /plants/chives   (251 words)

  
 Chives - Bulk Spices & Herbs from Avon Spice Company
Chives, Allium schoenoprasum, are the reed-like stems of a perennial, bulbous plant of the lily family.
Chives are popular in European and Chinese cuisines and in the seasoning blend fines herbes.
Chives are native to China and Taiwan and are also sourced from California.
avonspice.com /db/Chives   (150 words)

  
 Garlic Chives
Chives, collected from the wild since antiquity and cultivated by gardeners since the Middle Ages, is a hardy, spreading, herbaceous perennial that grows to about 70 cm (28 inches) tall.
Garlic chives, a native of Asia, is not as winter-hardy as chives.
Garlic chives' leaves are flat, solid, and paler green than those of chives, and taste and smell of mild garlic, with a sweetish undertone.
www.herbs2000.com /herbs/herbs_chives_garlic.htm   (1373 words)

  
 Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)
Chives, a hardy perennial, are native to Greece, Sweden, northern Europe and Asia and the Alps.
Chives are often used as border plants in landscaping because of their neat appearance and attractive flowers.
Chives were probably first used by the Chinese almost 5000 years ago and then by the ancient Greeks.
extension.oregonstate.edu /sorec/mg/herbanrenewal/chives.html   (536 words)

  
 Kids.net.au - Encyclopedia Chives -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae) grown for their leaves, which are used as an herb.
Chives have a much milder flavor than onions or garlic.
Chives[?] is also the name of a commune in the Charente-Maritime département, in France
www.kidsseek.com /encyclopedia-wiki/ch/Chives   (112 words)

  
 Chives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Chives is a wild plant thought to have originated in Central Asia and now grown as a culinary herb in almost every country in the world.
Chives are best fresh as almost all their flavour is lost when they are dried.
Chinese chives have a broader, flatter stalk that is grey-green in colour.
www.innvista.com /HEALTH/foods/vegetables/chives.htm   (314 words)

  
 N101 | Chives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Chives, a member of the onion and leek family, are a fragrant herb with a mild onion flavor.
Chives can be found in the produce section of most health food stores, specialty markets, and supermarkets.
Snip fresh chives into omelettes or soups, add them to cheese or tofu spreads, or toss the flowers into salads.
www.n101.com /Static/HNs/Food_Guide/Chives.htm   (462 words)

  
 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Chives - Herb Profile and Information
---Habitat---The Chive is the smallest, though one of the finest-flavoured of the Onion tribe, belonging to the botanical group of plants that goes under the name of Allium, which includes also the Garlic, Leek and Shallot.
Chives are also excellent in savoury omelettes, and may be chopped and boiled with potatoes that are to be mashed, or chopped fresh and sprinkled, just before serving, on mashed potatoes, both as a garnish and flavouring.
Chives are also useful for cutting up and mixing with the food of newly-hatched turkeys.
botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/c/chives65.html   (914 words)

  
 Common Herbs - Chives
The chive is a member of the onion family.
Chives are perennial and will grow for many years.
Allow chive plants to experience a freeze before digging clumps and potting.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu /herbs/chives.html   (168 words)

  
 New England Herb - Chives
Chives are a member of the onion family and native to southwest Asia.
Chives were used in China 3000 B.C. to flavor food as well as being a very popular cooking herb in Greece and Rome.
Chives are extremely popular and combine well with avocadoes, creamy soups, dips, eggs, fish and seafood, potatoes, root vegetable dishes, salads and zucchini.
www.newenglandherbcompany.com /herbs/chives.html   (269 words)

  
 Chives, Wild (Allium schoenoprasum v. sibiricum) - Wild Flowers of Sleepy Hollow Lake - An All Creatures Photo Gallery ...
(Chives, Wild - 01) Wild chives are one of the first appearing wildflowers in the spring, often appearing as tufts of grass.
(Chives, Wild - 007) This clump of wild chives is in various stages of the blooming process from the newly developing buds to flowers that are beginning to open.
(Chives, Wild - 08a) From our observations, it appears that wild chives do not have separate stems and leaves, but that any leaf it capable of producing a flower, as can be seen in the leaf tip of the leaf in the top center of the photo.
www.all-creatures.org /picb/wfshl-chives.html   (830 words)

  
 Chives
Medicinal uses: While chives are now known primarily for their culinary value, in centuries past they were hung in homes to ward off evil and disease.
For container chives, dig a clump in late summer, plant it in a pot, and leave it outside for several months to force a dormant period.
Chives can be snipped for harvest as soon as the plants are 6 inches tall.
www.bhg.com /bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/chives_herbs_02142002.xml&catref=cat40039   (542 words)

  
 Chive Talk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Try combining minced chives with cucumber, tomato and feta cheese, tossing the lot with olive oil and serving it with a hearty bread.
Chives are a perennial that dies back to the ground every winter, but that makes those first few leaves taste all the better early in spring when they push their way out of the ground.
Chives may be humble, but their history is long and steady--sometimes even colorful.
www.gardenguides.com /articles/chives.htm   (915 words)

  
 Chives and Garlic Chives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Chives will provide the cook with a source of a mild onion flavor; garlic chives will do likewise, but the flavor is garlic instead of onion.
Chives are hardy perennials which grow into clumps that are twelve inches high and six or more inches wide.
Chive seed, like onion seed, is also short-lived, but need not be planted immediately after harvest as garlic chive seed must.
www.ext.vt.edu /departments/envirohort/factsheets2/herbs/sep88pr5.html   (426 words)

  
 Greenhouse Production of Garlic Chives and Cilantro
Chinese or garlic chives are a less common herb, but commonly used in the Orient for cooking (Brewster 1994; Larkcom 1991).
Garlic chives and cilantro were transplanted and grown from Oct. 1993 to May 1994 in polystyrene and polypropylene trays (Table 1).
Garlic chives and cilantro were grown in greenhouses with ambient light levels and set points of 17°C night temperature and 23°C day temperature.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1996/V3-594.html   (1063 words)

  
 Georgia FACES - Chives Easy to Grow Throughout Georgia
Chives grow wild in Italy and Greece and probably came with the explorers to the New World.
Garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are broader-leaved than common chives, with a flavor midway between garlic and onion.
Chives may also be started with seeds planted in the early spring.
apps.caes.uga.edu /news/viewtext.cfm?id=2012   (362 words)

  
 Chives - An Herb Garden's Distraction
Chives, sometimes called "rush onions," are hardy perennials that grow in clumps.
The word chives (allium schoenoprasum), is adopted from the French cive which comes from the Latin, cepa, cepae (plural) meaning onion.
Chives are almost always used freshly cut and uncooked.
www.cheftalk.com /content/display.cfm?articleid=28&type=article   (604 words)

  
 Chives -- Allium schoenoprasum L.
Chives are perennials belonging to the onion family.
Chives are a native of northern Europe and parts of North America.
Throughout Florida, chives may be planted August through March, using either seeds or sets.
edis.ifas.ufl.edu /MV048   (468 words)

  
 Garlic Chives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The stems are skinnier and flat, instead of hollow as are regular chives, with greenish white blooms that are about an inch wide and not as rounded.
Garlic chives can be started from seed, but it does need to be fresh to germinate properly, so be sure to buy seeds from a reputable source or harvest your own.
Garlic chives grow in a clump that is closer together than regular chives, and they grow much faster.
www.chamomiletimes.com /articles/garlicchives.htm   (790 words)

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