fragrant

I pass through fragrant California sagebrush and wild fennel in one spot, a blend of sweet pea, lilac and kicked-up dirt in another.

What’s more, they’re often framed by colorful bougainvillea, fragrant jasmine and photogenic palm trees.

Silken, rich and fragrant with spices, Guelaguetza’s moles are a thing of beauty in all their colors and flavors.

Final selling point: You don’t even have to wrap this gift, because it comes so beautifully decorated, complete with sprigs of pressed but still fragrant blooms of Cleveland sage, which, like the golden poppies, are California native plants.

The chile season, which lasts from late summer through the fall and envelops New Mexico in a haze of fragrant smoke from all the roasting, had begun a few weeks earlier.