Culinary and Salad Herbs: Their Cultivation and Food Values With Recipes

ISBN: 9780486228655

定价: 18.00

内容简介

If you w;tllt to create Ill(??? \"!)rave\" salad favored I)v Charles II of
Ezlgland??? this fascinatilig l)ook will show you how??? and will help
~ou learn to put ~_ulinary and salad herbs to good use--with ver???~
pleasant results; for its author??? Eleanour Sinclair Rohde??? is one of
this century s leading herbalists and a well-know~ author of several
books about hert)s an(l herb gardens.
Mrs. Rohde has ~lescribed the major Asian and Mediterratlean herbs
that have found their way into our diet??? their botanical classitica-
tion??? habitat??? lore??? and especially their culinary uses??? with a few
comments on mineral and vitamin content??? and on old-fashioned
materia Ine(lica. She will also share with you helpful hints for
planting??? propagation??? growing??? drying and preparation??? with nunl-
erous ways to transform that dish of ordinary garden vegetables
into a delicious repast with the finesse of haute cuisine. Included
is a large selection of recipes for salads??? salad sandwiches??? cheeses???
vinegars??? dressings??? candies??? preserves??? ???puddings ail~l teas??? that use
some of the more unusual herbs such as asparagus pea??? corn salad???
alecost??? lamb s lettuce??? tansy??? anchusa??? orach and rampion. And you
will find her suggestions for preparing such exotics as elder-flower
vinegar??? candied angelica and hyssop tea to be enjoyable and un-
complicated. But of course??? Mrs. Rohde has not neglected the
familiar stand-bys like radish??? parsely??? thyme??? ~nustaid and garlic???
and she has provi(ted a number of interesting ways to Ilse thelll.
If you are an epicure??? or have a~ interest in plants??? then Eleanour
Rohde s discussions about the subtle differences between French
and Russian tarragon??? or the several varieties of mint??? will crone
as a delightfill education; l)ut it is ~ot necessary that you cook or
garden in order to enjoy this book??? for Mrs. Rohde has addresse~l
herself as well to the layman who may simply wish to know more
about herbs??? herl) lore??? an(l historical eating pattenls.
Unabridged republication of original (1940) editioll. Index. 25
illustrations by Hilde M. Colev. 106pp. 5\"Cs x 8.
22865-7 Paperbound
: DOVER EDITION DESIGNED FOR YEARS OF USE!
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or become brittle with age. Pages are sewn in signatures??? in the
~nethod traditionally used for the best books??? and will not drop out???
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This is a permanent book.