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ISBN-10 ? : ? 1910821497
ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1910821497
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Kitchen Garden Secrets: The extraordinary stories of vegetables and fruit revealed
You’ll discover that: - Cabbages were cherished by the ancient Egyptians, who depicted them in their reliefs. The Greeks used them to cure drunkenness and snakebites. - When tomatoes and potatoes first arrived from the Americas they were reviled as poisonous foods with evil associations. - Catherine of Aragon insisted that her husband Henry VIII brought her cucumbers from Italy for her salads. - Without the Spanish Inquisition our carrots might never have been orange. - Lettuce and chillies are grown and eaten by astronauts in space stations orbiting the Earth. Exploring cottage gardens and allotments, as well as country estates and nurseries, and including key growing tips, this is a book for gardeners and food lovers alike. It makes the perfect companion to gardener and naturalist Ruth Binney’s Flower Garden Secrets.