Portland Press Herald, Maine, Cookbook Corner column.(Column)

Byline: Meredith Goad

Aug. 24--"The Herbal Kitchen: 50 Easy-to-Find Herbs and Over 250 Recipes to Bring Lasting Health to You and Your Family" by Kami McBride (Conari Press, $18.95) will be most helpful to people who are already knowledgeable about herbs or perhaps grow their own. Let's face it, the average person isn't going to have oatstraw-calendula tea lying around the house, one of the ingredients you need to make a summer smoothie called the Strawberry Crush. But there's also plenty of good ideas in this book for the amateur herbalist, including a section on how to make your own herbal honeys. Who wouldn't love some homemade cinnamon-ginger honey spread on their …