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By Harold McGee
Published 2004
Lemon or bee balm is an Old World species, Melissa officinalis, distinguished by its mixture of citrusy and floral terpenes (citronellal and -ol, citral, geraniol). Lemon balm is usually paired with fruit dishes and other sweets.
From the book On Food and Cooking (2nd edition) by Harold McGee. ยฉ 2004 Harold McGee. By permission of Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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