Herb pie

The extravagant use of herbs in our cooking is definitely to be blamed on Jerusalem. Herbs are sold there, quite literally, by the bucketload. Fallahat, Palestinian peasant women, come into the city with baskets and sacks brimming with fresh produce from the surrounding countryside to sell on the curbside. They used to carry the sacks of produce on their heads with amazing acts of graceful balance. Herbs are always there — particularly mint, parsley, za’atar, coriander, sage and dill — but