A Floral Feast
A guide to growing and cooking with edible flowers, foliage, herbs and seeds
$35.98
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2024
Summary
Flowers have probably been used in cooking for as long as people have been preparing and flavouring food. In China, cooks were experimenting with chive flowers in 3000 BC, and the Romans frequently added blooms to their dishes. Today, flowers are often seen as an exotic extra, employed only by professional chefs. While we are all taking a greater interest in the provenance of our food, adding more plant-based ingredients to our diets, experimenting with growing our own vegetables, and eating …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914902116 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1914902114 |
| Author: | Carolyn Dunster, Joanna Yee |
| Publisher: | Gemini Books Group Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pimpernel Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 632g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 291mm x 178mm |
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Critics Review
‘Carolyn Dunster picks rose petals to make pavlova and harvests sunflower seeds for bread, among other floral treats.’ * Country Living *Carolyn Dunster ‘unearths the joys of growing, harvesting, cooking and eating an array of floral ingredients’ * Brummell Magazine *An ‘inspirational and practical book’ * Garden News *An ‘invaluable guide to growing and cooking with edible flowers’ * Landscape Magazine *‘A beautiful book celebrating the edible flower.’ – Arthur Parkinson, gardener and writer * Sarah Raven podcast *
About The Author
Carolyn Dunster
Carolyn Dunster is a botanical stylist, planting designer and garden writer. She writes about flowers, plants and productive gardens for various magazines including Bloom, Wildflower, The Garden and The English Garden and the Crocus App, Iris. Previous books include Urban Flowers (Frances Lincoln, 2017) and Cut & Dry (Laurence King, 2021). The latter has been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Czech, Cantonese, Mandarin and won best practical book at the Garden Media Guild Awards 2021.
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