A Curious History of Vegetables

Aphrodisiacal and Healing Properties, Folk Tales, Garden Tips, and Recipes

Omschrijving

Featuring gardening tips, recipes, and beautiful full-color pencil drawings of each vegetable, this book for farm-to-fork aficionados and gardeners with an esoteric bent explores the secret history of 48 well known and rare vegetables, examining their symbolism, astrological connections, healing properties, and overall character. A fascinating introduction to vegetable gardening and cooking, A Curious History of Vegetables sets horticulture in its historical, cultural, and cosmological contexts. The author offers his deep understanding of the theory of biodynamic gardening and useful tips on light and warmth, ground covers, composts, crop rotation and weeds. Woven in with folk tales and stories from history, each entry also includes delicious historical recipes for each vegetable.
€ 28,00
Paperback / softback
 
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€ 19,95 binnen Nederland
Schrijver
Storl, Wolf D.
Titel
A Curious History of Vegetables
Uitgever
North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Jaar
2016
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
364
Gewicht
790 gr
EAN
9781623170394
Afmetingen
210 x 290 x 24 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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