[Sca-cooks] Lovage vs Angelica??

[Terry Decker]

You are correct, with some caveats.  Angelica can refer to a number of
plants in the genus Angelica, A. angelica is just the most common.  A.
heterocarpa, Spanish angelica, more closely resembles lovage than A.
angelica.  Angelica and lovage apparently are in closely related genera in
the family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae in older texts) and are similar in
taste.

Bear


>Greetings.  In an article about lovage, the editor equates it with
>angelica and writes "Remember, angelica is lovage."  The dictionary
>says that lovage is an apiaceous herb, "Levisticum officinale" and
>that angelica is an umbelliferous plant of the genus  Angelica, esp.
>A. Archangelica".  Therefore, these two can't be the same, can they?
>Do the two look alike?  Taste alike?
>
>Alys Katharine