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Onions and Garlic: A Global History
Martha Jay
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Description for Onions and Garlic: A Global History
Hardback. .
Do you know your onions? From large, sweet onions to shallots, garlic, chives and leeks, the allium family contains some of the most popular vegetables in the world. Shy of the spotlight - except when repelling vampires, preserving mummies, curing heart disease or predicting the future - this lowly yet universal family of plants has been a friend to mankind from earliest times. Onions and Garlic follows the trail of these cherished plants through history and across the globe, tracing their story back to the earliest civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and the recipes of ancient Mesopotamia. Traders spread onion ... Read more
Do you know your onions? From large, sweet onions to shallots, garlic, chives and leeks, the allium family contains some of the most popular vegetables in the world. Shy of the spotlight - except when repelling vampires, preserving mummies, curing heart disease or predicting the future - this lowly yet universal family of plants has been a friend to mankind from earliest times. Onions and Garlic follows the trail of these cherished plants through history and across the globe, tracing their story back to the earliest civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and the recipes of ancient Mesopotamia. Traders spread onion ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Edible
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235875
SKU
V9781780235875
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About Martha Jay
Martha Jay is a writer and editor based in London.
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