Fifty Tales from the Kitchen Garden: A Social History of Vegetables

by Bill Laws

Despite being a source of insults - swede basher, cabbage head, couch potato - the kitchen garden is as full of life, excitement and anecdote as the flower garden. Vegetables have relieved, and caused, famines. They have played a part in protest movements and been used to wage and win wars. Vegetables have shaped the world we know - while the American population thrived on 'king corn' (maize) and green beans, Europeans were hot-housed on a diet of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909771201
• ISBN13: 9781909771208
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Albert Bridge Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"