A Curious History of Vegetables
  • Published: 15 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781623170394
  • Imprint: North Atlantic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 364
  • RRP: $55.00
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A Curious History of Vegetables

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

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A book for farm-to-fork aficionados, this fascinating exploration of the secret history of 45 well known and rare vegetables examines their history, symbolism, astrological connections, healing properties, and overall character. The book features cultivation tips, recipes, and beautiful full-color pencil drawings of each vegetable. Book has sold about 10,000 copies in Germany, and will likely appeal to foodies and gardeners with an esoteric bent and an interest in organic and biodynamic farming.

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.
  • Published: 15 June 2016
  • ISBN: 9781623170394
  • Imprint: North Atlantic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 364
  • RRP: $55.00
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Praise for A Curious History of Vegetables

Praise for Dr. Storl's previous books
"The author, as you will quickly discover, is brilliant--a cultural ecologist ... and respected herbal elder.... I am humbled by how much I learned reading the wisdom of The Herbal Lore of Wise Women and Wortcunners."
--Rosemary Gladstar, herbalist and best-selling author of Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health

"Wolf Storl's book on organic gardening and biodynamic gardening shows us how we can do it-- each one of us can be a garden revolutionary."
--Vandana Shiva, founder of Navdanya International and author of Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, and Peace