A grating of sharp pecorino or Parmesan cheese offsets the sweet fennel nicely.

The stables smelled of sweet fennel and straw and the warm bodies of the horses.

Pan-roasted halibut, flaky and mild, comes with sweet braised fennel in a rosemary-orange sauce that needed to be reduced just a minute longer.

Other plant species found along the Potomac during the early 19th century include yellow jessamine, prickly pear cactus, white horehound, sweet fennel, wild cherries, and wild strawberries.

A sweet betel leaf is flavoured with sweet fennel, cardamom, clove, rose petals, sugar crystal and other seasoning, which is taken after completion of the meal.

To accomplish this, Mr. Breaux blended the grand wormwood with green anise and sweet fennel from Europe, instead of using more-affordable imports from East Asia.

The savory bird is surrounded by sweet fennel, greens and juicy orange sections.

The insalata di funghi ($8.50) blends tender greens with earthy mushrooms, more sweet fennel, salty pecorino cheese, all perfectly dressed with a touch of truffle oil.

On the beside table sat a tall glass vase filled with roses, pennyroyal, and sweet fennel, their sweet fragrance filling the air.

Pick sweet fennel when it's young, too, as you are thinning the patch.