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A Curious History of Vegetables

2016-06-14 Cooking
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Release : 2016-06-14
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Book Synopsis A Curious History of Vegetables by : Wolf D. Storl

Download or read book A Curious History of Vegetables written by Wolf D. Storl. This book was released on 2016-06-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Spade, Skirret and Parsnip

2006-03-01 Gardening
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Release : 2006-03-01
Genre : Gardening
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Book Rating : 592/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Spade, Skirret and Parsnip by : Bill Laws

Download or read book Spade, Skirret and Parsnip written by Bill Laws. This book was released on 2006-03-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of gardening

How Carrots Won the Trojan War

2011-01-01 Gardening
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Release : 2011-01-01
Genre : Gardening
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Book Rating : 689/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis How Carrots Won the Trojan War by : Rebecca Rupp

Download or read book How Carrots Won the Trojan War written by Rebecca Rupp. This book was released on 2011-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the history of vegetables and vegetable gardening.

Pumpkin

2012-12-01 Cooking
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Release : 2012-12-01
Genre : Cooking
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Book Rating : 440/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Pumpkin by : Cindy Ott

Download or read book Pumpkin written by Cindy Ott. This book was released on 2012-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do so many Americans drive for miles each autumn to buy a vegetable that they are unlikely to eat? While most people around the world eat pumpkin throughout the year, North Americans reserve it for holiday pies and other desserts that celebrate the harvest season and the rural past. They decorate their houses with pumpkins every autumn and welcome Halloween trick-or-treaters with elaborately carved jack-o'-lanterns. Towns hold annual pumpkin festivals featuring giant pumpkins and carving contests, even though few have any historic ties to the crop. In this fascinating cultural and natural history, Cindy Ott tells the story of the pumpkin. Beginning with the myth of the first Thanksgiving, she shows how Americans have used the pumpkin to fulfull their desire to maintain connections to nature and to the family farm of lore, and, ironically, how small farms and rural communities have been revitalized in the process. And while the pumpkin has inspired American myths and traditions, the pumpkin itself has changed because of the ways people have perceived, valued, and used it. Pumpkin is a smart and lively study of the deep meanings hidden in common things and their power to make profound changes in the world around us.

Terrors of the Table

2006-11-22 Health & Fitness
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Release : 2006-11-22
Genre : Health & Fitness
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Book Rating : 622/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Terrors of the Table by : Walter Gratzer

Download or read book Terrors of the Table written by Walter Gratzer. This book was released on 2006-11-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrors of the Table is an absorbing account of the struggle to find the necessary ingredients of a healthy diet, and the fads and quackery that have always waylaid the unwary and the foolish when it comes to the matter of food and health. Walter Gratzer tells the tale of nutrition's heroes, heroines and charlatans with characteristic crispness and verve. We find an array of colourful personalities, from the distinguished but quarrelsome Liebig, to the enterprising Lydia Pinkham. But we also find the slow recognition that the lack of vital ingredients can cause terrible illnesses - scurvy, rickets, beriberi. These diseases stalked the poor in the West even into the 20th century, and scandalously remain in poorer parts of the world today. The narrative stretches from classical times to the modern day and gives a valuable historical perspective to our current understanding. It also highlights some of the problems faced by the developed world regarding health today - in particular diabetes and obesity. And despite our far greater understanding of what our body needs, there are still many who would fall for fads and fancy diets - some dangerous, others just daft. Of course, the story of nutrition does not end there. We have discovered the key vitamins and minerals our body needs, but research continues on the connections between diet, health and disease. The body's biochemistry is complex, and there are no easy answers, no magic formula, that applies to all individuals. The safest and most rational course would seem to be a sensible, moderate, and varied diet, not forgetting that 'a little of what you fancy does you good'.

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