Chives have a wide variety of culinary uses, such as in traditional dishes in France, Sweden, and elsewhere. Chives are used with soups, fish, and sandwiches. The flowers may also be used to garnish dishes. In Poland and Germany, chives are served with quark cheese. Chives are one of the fines herbes of French cuisine, which also include tarragon, chervil, or parsley.Chives have a mild onion flavor. Their pungency is not as pronounced as that of garlic and onions, which are considered the bigger cousins of chives. The delicate flavor that chives impart to food makes it a very useful herb to use in a variety of situations .Chives are also rich in vitamins A and C, and are rich in calcium and iron.