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Edible flowers : a global history
- Title
- Edible flowers : a global history / Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman.
- Author
- Kirker, Constance L.
- Publication
- London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Newman, Mary A.
- Description
- 164 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm
- Summary
- Why in the world would someone want to eat flowers? And where, and when? Kirker and Newman provide a historical and geographical look at how flowers have been used in cooking. They explore cultural, symbolic and religious aspects, and then serve up a few recipes using some of the flowers covered.
- Series Statement
- Edible series
- Uniform Title
- Edible.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The ancient world -- The Middle Ages to the nineteenth century -- The Victorian era to today -- Asia -- The Mediterranean and the Middle East -- Europe -- The Americas -- Afterword -- Precautions when eating edible flowers -- Flower dinner menu -- Recipes.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-5499
- ISBN
- 9781780236384
- 1780236387
- OCLC
- 944087179
- Author
- Kirker, Constance L., author.
- Title
- Edible flowers : a global history / Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman.
- Publisher
- London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Edible seriesEdible.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.
- Added Author
- Newman, Mary A., author.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-5499