Winter savory: The savory for Central Texas (and 2015’s Herb of the Year)

By Mick Vann

Diane “Princess Di” Winslow, the Martha Stewart of Manchaca, is getting 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 has snubbed the herb. 

If those same folks could taste a bowl of Di’s great northern beans (recipe below) flavored with winter savory, they would be as sold as the International Herb Society, which has chosen savory as Herb of the Year for 2015.