Smoked Chicken Salad with Grapes & Parmesan-Tarragon Dressing

I’m a big proponent of fresh herbs, but sometimes the dried variety has a completely different flavor from the fresh one. Dried oregano, for example, has a taste all its own, one that lends itself better to certain recipes. Or take fresh cilantro and dried coriander seeds: They taste totally dissimilar!

The same goes for tarragon: Fresh tarragon tastes like fresh licorice or anise, while the taste of dried tarragon is much richer—almost creamy! This is precisely why it works so well