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Author : Matthew Paris
Release : 1853
Genre : Great Britain
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Flowers of History by : Matthew Paris
Download or read book The Flowers of History written by Matthew Paris. This book was released on 1853. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Paris
Release : 1853
Genre : Great Britain
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Flowers of History by : Matthew Paris
Download or read book The Flowers of History written by Matthew Paris. This book was released on 1853. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Beverly Seaton
Release : 2012-10-10
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 532/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Language of Flowers by : Beverly Seaton
Download or read book The Language of Flowers written by Beverly Seaton. This book was released on 2012-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author traces the phenomenon of ascribing sentimental meaning to floral imagery from its beginnings in Napoleonic France through its later transformations in England and America. At the heart of the book is a depiction of what the three most important flower books from each of the countries divulge about the period and the respective cultures. Seaton shows that the language of flowers was not a single and universally understood correlation of flowers to meanings that men and women used to communicate in matters of love and romance. The language differs from book to book, country to country. To place the language of flowers in social and literary perspective, the author examines the nineteenth-century uses of flowers in everyday life and in ceremonies and rituals and provides a brief history of floral symbolism. She also discusses the sentimental flower book, a genre especially intended for female readers. Two especially valuable features of the book are its table of correlations of flowers and their meanings from different sourcebooks and its complete bibliography of language of flower titles. This book will appeal not only to scholars in Victorian studies and women's studies but also to art historians, book collectors, museum curators, historians of horticulture, and anyone interested in nineteenth-century popular culture.
Author : Stephen Buchmann
Release : 2015-07-21
Genre : Gardening
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 523/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Reason for Flowers by : Stephen Buchmann
Download or read book The Reason for Flowers written by Stephen Buchmann. This book was released on 2015-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines, and perfumes reveals their origins, myriad shapes, colors, textures and scents, bizarre sex lives, and how humans-- and the natural world-- relate and depend upon them.
Author : Mary Newman
Release : 2016-09-15
Genre : Cooking
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Book Rating : 840/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Edible Flowers by : Mary Newman
Download or read book Edible Flowers written by Mary Newman. This book was released on 2016-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us like to look at them, but why on earth would anyone want to eat them? As Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman show in this book, however, flowers have a long history as a tasty ingredient in a variety of cuisines. The Greeks, Romans, Persians, Ottomans, Mayans, Chinese, and Indians all knew how to cook with them for centuries, and today contemporary chefs use them to add something special to their dishes. Edible Flowers is the fascinating history of how flowers have been used in cooking, from ancient Greek dishes to the today’s molecular gastronomy and farm-to-table restaurants. Looking at flowers’ natural qualities: their unique and beautiful appearance, their pungent fragrance, and their surprisingly good taste, Kirker and Newman proffer a bouquet of dishes—from soups to stews to desserts to beverages—that use them in interesting ways. Tying this culinary history into a larger cultural one, they show how flowers’ cultural, symbolic, and religious connotations have added value and meaning to dishes in daily life and special occasions. From fried squash blossoms to marigold dressings, this book rediscovers the flower not just as something beautiful but as something absolutely delicious.
