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Vegetables: A Biography | Evelyne Bloch-Dano
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From Michael Pollan to locavores, Whole Foods to farmers' markets, today cooks and foodies alike are paying more attention than ever before to the history of the food they bring into their kitchensand especially to vegetables. Whether its an heirloom tomato, curled cabbage, or succulent squash, from a farmers' market or a backyard plot, the humble vegetable offers more than just nutritionit also represents a link with long tradition of farming and gardening, nurturing and breeding. In this charming new book, those veggies finally get their due. In capsule biographies of eleven different vegetablesartichokes, beans, chard, cabbage, cardoons, carrots, chili peppers, Jerusalem artichokes, peas, pumpkins, and tomatoesEvelyne Bloch-Dano explores the world of vegetables in all its facets, from science and agriculture to history, culture, and, of course, cooking. From the importance of peppers in early international trade to the most recent findings in genetics, from the cultural cachet of cabbage to Prousts devotion to beef-and-carrot stew, to the surprising array of vegetables that preceded the pumpkin as the avatar of All Hallows Eve, Bloch-Dano takes readers on a dazzling tour of the fascinating stories behind our daily repasts. Spicing her cornucopia with an eye for anecdote and a ready wit, Bloch-Dano has created a feast thats sure to satisfy gardeners, chefs, and eaters alike.
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Hufflepuffle
Vegetables: A Biography | Evelyne Bloch-Dano
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This is my #gardenselfie for #Summerfun 💚
Two veggie patches, a strawberry patch, a rhubarb patch, herbs and tomatoes. I am super lucky and have a side garden and a large back garden, but this bit is my happy place 🥬🍅🍓🥕🌱

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Hufflepuffle @mitch Thank you 😊 4y
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Vegetables: A Biography | Evelyne Bloch-Dano
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Yep. They saw me coming. University of Chicago Press have a free (usually very random non-fiction) e-book every month. Who can argue with Vegetables: A Biography?

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEbook.html