The Goodness of Garlic

by John Midgley

Book Overview

This series of practical but beautiful little cookbooks focuses on healthy ingredients or groups of foods. Each gives factual information about the food's history, production and nutritional and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679416269
• ISBN13: 9780679416265
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 65 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

The Goodness of this book

This is a fantastic little book filled with great little watercolor paintings of dishes and good recipes (some of which I recognize from my family's cooking), all easy to read, and an insightful history of garlic, shallots, green onions and all the other "alliums". The book is broken down in 2 parts. first being the history and health benefits of garlic. Interesting stuff. The second part is the collection of garlic based recipes. The recipes are generally only 1 page long and are fairly ease to read and to make ;especially if you grew up in a family which uses tons of garlic in their foods. This does not mean the foods lack sophistication and flavor. There are a lot of excellent foods describes from all over Russia, the Mediterranean, China, and all over the world. Most of the recipes are are illustrated with a simple and lively watercolor painting. fun book if you're a fan of garlic, cooking, or watercolor.