with regional recipes for using them in cooking
and a bibliography lists sources
with a portion of the proceeds going to select charities
fire and fun—directions to cling to
The beautifully photographed book takes the reader on a journey from January to December
Cabbages & Kings: the Origins of Fruit & Vegetables (Jonathan Roberts) indoor gardening with regional recipes for usingCherry trees, well known in America from the George Washington legend, actually originated in China, but were not domestically cultivated until the first century b. c. in Greece, and are closely related to peaches, plums, and almonds. Fava beans, or broad beans, have been cultivated since at least biblical times. In classical Greece, funerals ended in bean feasts, and beans were used to exorcise haunted houses. Roman high priests were forbidden from