Back when Diane “Princess Di” Winslow had her nursery It’s About Thyme up and running, she would sometimes get a little frustrated.

For decades she has lovingly cultivated winter savory plants to pass on to her nursery customers throughout the area, but for some reason, the buying public snubbed the herb.

If those same folks could have tasted a bowl of Di’s Great Northern beans (recipe below) flavored with winter savory, they would be sold.

Winter savory, AKA mountain sav...