Evelyne Bloch-Dano,Teresa Lavender Fagan
From Michael Pollan to locavores, Whole Foods to farmerâ€™s markets,Â  today cooks and foodies alike are paying more attention than ever before to the history of the food they bring into their kitchensâ€”and especially to vegetables. Whether itâ€™s an heirloom tomato, curled cabbage, or succulent squash, from a farmerâ€™s market or a backyard plot, the humble vegetable offers more than just nutritionâ€”it also represents a link with long tradition of farming and gardening, nurturing and breeding. ., ,In this charming new book, those veggies finally get their due. In capsule biographies of eleven different vegetablesâ€”artichokes, beans, chard, cabbage, cardoons, carrots, chili peppers, Jerusalem artichokes, peas, pumpkins, and tomatoesâ€”Evelyne Bloch-Dano explores the world of vegetables in all its facets, from science and agriculture to history, culture, and, of course, cooking. From the importance of peppers in early international trade to the most recent findings in genetics, from the cultural cachet of cabbage to Proustâ€™s devotion to beef-and-carrot stew, to the surprising array of vegetables that preceded the pumpkin as the avatar of All Hallowâ€™s Eve, Bloch-Dano takes readers on a dazzling tour of the fascinating stories behind our daily repasts., ,Spicing her cornucopia with an eye for anecdote and a ready wit, Bloch-Dano has created a feast thatâ€™s sure to satisfy gardeners, chefs, and eaters alike., 
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