With a bunch of lovely garlic ramps and some baby anise from the Union Square market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farmers' Market Foray] Reference

Sra of When My Soup Came Alive made a yummy vegetarian dish: Mixed Vegetable Curry, in which anise is included in the spice mixture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Spice… …Think Anise—Roundup « Baking History] Reference

Fennel provides the single most distinctive flavor in Italian sausage and it's often described as anise-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal Triptych] Reference

By distillation the fruit yields the volatile oil of anise, which is useful in the treatment of flatulence and colic in children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference

The word translated, "anise" in Matthew xxiii, 23, is said to have been "dill" in the original Greek.    From Wordnik.com.  [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference

The result is a clearer soup that has a delicate taste because less spices such as anise are omitted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cha Ca - Dill & Turmeric Fish Noodles, Cha Ca Recipe] Reference

Mongolians brought with them to Vietnam the spices used in the soup, such as anise, coriander and cinnamon.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Thesis/Dissertation: Why Are There So Many Asian Food Bloggers?!] Reference

3 Lightly toast the star anise, which is to say, take them off the heat when they are fragrant, which should only take a minute or two.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ribeye Steak Marinated with Juniper Berries, Star Anise and Rosemary] Reference

But I also love to play with Asian flavours such as anise, ginger and lemongrass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference

For those who don't recognize the word "anise" it is a plant that tastes like licorice.    From Wordnik.com.  [wacotrib - Latest News Headlines] Reference

And herbs will include some more unusual varieties, such as anise hyssop and Thai basil.    From Wordnik.com.  [STLtoday.com Top News Headlines] Reference

Sometimes called anise basil.    From Wordnik.com.  [January 2006] Reference

1 lb fennel bulb (sometimes called anise), stalks cut off and discarded.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bwog] Reference

All which may be altered with mint, hyssope, anise, &c.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spadacrene Anglica The English Spa Fountain] Reference

Once the meat is tender, we pluck out the bundle of star anise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star Anise] Reference

Right here, the wild fennel, just growing wild; tastes like anise.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2009] Reference

Sift flour and add to the egg mixture together with the anise seed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking] Reference

Its all washed down with anise-flavored raki, the Turkish national drink.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among The Greatest Cuisines, Turkish Is A Delight] Reference

The anise hung around after the liquid had passed and tingled your throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [a short recap for a wild night.] Reference

While cooking add a pint of meat stock, a little butter and some anise seed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining.] Reference

Take of aloes, 3 oz.; anise seed, 3 oz.; pulverise and mix with castile soap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Take five drops of oil of anise on sugar when they commence to be troublesome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Gemini rules the herb anise -- home-infused anise vodka is sure to win you over.    From Wordnik.com.  [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference

Make a tea of the seeds of anise, caraway, and coriander, and drink freely of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference

Ye pay the tithe of mint and anise and cummin and omit the weightier matters of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming of the King] Reference

Discard the bay leaves and star anise; also the cloves, if you can find them easily.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another DIY alternative to Heinz] Reference

Scatter orange peels, tea, star anise and cinnamon around center of bottom of smoker.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Joy of Cooking... according to Cade] Reference

The tithe of "mint, anise, and cummin" is preferred to the weightier matters of the law.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England] Reference

Then there was one with Vick's VapoRub — Licorice Whip with blood, anise and peppermint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blood Lure]

Then he snips homemade marshmallows flavored with anise, mint and strawberry over the petals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haute Cuisine Heats Up] Reference

Generally, Mediterranean basils have their sweetness tempered by the underlying anise flavor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Groundwork: Beguiled by basil] Reference

Pulverized gentian-root, one ounce; Jamaica ginger, one half an ounce; anise-seed, six drachms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure] Reference

But up until now, the active ingredient of the drug, oseltamivir, is found in a plant, the star anise.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2005] Reference

The sight is some of the noble quarry, the game; this is the anise-seed bag of him that goes a journey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference

The fruits of anise, carraway, coriander, &c., (erroneously called seeds,) are in demand for various purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

If anise improved the flavor of coffee people would add a spoonful of seeds to the coffee grounds, and nobody does.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html]