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A Potted History of Vegetables: A Delicious, Dip-in Kitchen Cornucopia - Hardcover

Harrison, Lorraine; Wheeler, David

 
9781907332616: A Potted History of Vegetables: A Delicious, Dip-in Kitchen Cornucopia
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1907332618 ISBN 13: 9781907332616
Verlag: Ivy Press, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

A Potted History of Vegetables embraces this idea by reacquainting the reader with the origins, nature and peculiarities of the world's produce. Combining beautiful reproductions of the finest nineteenth-century botanical illustrations with a miscellany of fascinating facts and extraordinary histories, the book immerses you in the wonderful world of vegetables. Through the revelation that carrots were once purple, or the notion that potatoes were originally kept as ornamental rather than edible plants. Information is potted tightly, including such essentials as Latin names, vegetable families and countries of origin, making this the ideal gift for a gardener, chef, or eco-warrior and a delicious dip-in, kitchen cornucopia. -A beautifully miscellany featuring exquisite 19th-century colour plates. -Reveals the origins and traditions of over 100 different vegetables. -Includes a table of Latin names, families and countries of origin.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lorraine Harrison is a successful gardener and gardening writer with a passion for exotic and heirloom vegetables. Among her previous titles are How to Read Gardens and The Shaker of the Garden.

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Verlag
Ivy Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1907332618
ISBN 13 
9781907332616
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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