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Vegetables -- Therapeutic use.
Vegetable gardening.
Cooking (Vegetables).
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Storl, Wolf-Dieter
Vegetables.
Vegetables -- Therapeutic use.
Vegetable gardening.
Cooking (Vegetables).
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A curious history of vegetables : aphrodisiacal and healing properties, folk tales, garden tips, and recipes / Wolf D. Storl ; [cover art and colour art by Barbara Hanneder].
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Storl, Wolf-Dieter
North Atlantic Books, c2016.
Call #:
635
S885c
Subjects
Vegetables.
Vegetables -- Therapeutic use.
Vegetable gardening.
Cooking (Vegetables).
ISBN:
9781623170394 (library binding)
Uniform title:
Bekannte und vergessene Gemèuse. English
Alternate title:
Vegetables : aphrodisiacal and healing properties, folk tales, garden tips, and recipes
Translation of: Bekannte und vergessene Gemèuse.
Description:
414 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Originally published as: Bekannte und vergessene Gemèuse; translated from the original German by Christine Reindal-Storl.
Translation of: Bekannte und vergessene Gemèuse.
Translated from the German.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
A book for farm-to-fork aficionados, this fascinating exploration of the secret history of 45 well known and rare vegetables examines their history, symbolism, astrological connections, healing properties, and overall character. The book features cultivation tips, recipes, and beautiful full-color pencil drawings of each vegetable. With each entry illustrated by beautiful color botanical drawings and many historic woodcuts and engravings, the book features common vegetables such as onions together with uncommon knowledge about their properties, history, and cultivation. Entries on rarer vegetables such as purslane, celeriac root, mallow, and chrysanthemum include recipes from all over the world.
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Hanneder, Barbara
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