A tall plant with a sweet, slightly sharp smell, used in cooking.

A tall plant with a sweet, slightly sharp smellangelica歐白芷是一種高高的植物，味道甜甜的又帶點刺鼻 used in cooking，會用在料理裡。

Cooks candy the hollow stems and use the bright green strips to decorate cakes; the stems and seeds also flavour jam, sweets, and some drinks.

Cooks candy the hollow stems廚師會把它中空的莖做成糖漬 and use the bright green strips to decorate cakes，用鮮綠色的長條裝飾蛋糕 the stems and seeds also flavour jam, sweets, and some drinks；莖和種子也拿來替果醬、糖果，還有一些飲料調味。

It is a Western kitchen plant, rather old-fashioned now, more at home in a Christmas cake than in everyday Taiwanese cooking.

It is a Western kitchen plant這是一種西式廚房植物 rather old-fashioned now，現在算是有點老派了 more at home in a Christmas cake than in everyday Taiwanese cooking，比較常出現在聖誕蛋糕裡，而不是台灣的日常料理裡。

Though actually, the herb Taiwanese families know as 當歸 is not this plant — it is a different member of a wide plant family, used as Chinese medicine. If a recipe in English says angelica, it wants the European cooking plant, not a packet of 當歸 from the Chinese pharmacy.

Though actually, the herb Taiwanese families know as 當歸 is not this plant不過台灣家庭熟悉的『當歸』其實不是這種植物 it is a different member of a wide plant family，當歸是同一個大家族裡不同的成員 used as Chinese medicine，是拿來當中藥用的。 If a recipe in English says angelica如果英文食譜裡寫angelica it wants the European cooking plant，指的是這種歐洲料理植物 not a packet of 當歸 from the Chinese pharmacy，不是中藥行買的一包當歸。