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Straightforward and abundantly illustrated with 800 color photographs, this is a wide-ranging and thorough reference to more than 350 plants that provide us with food, beverages, spices, and flavors. Each entry provides the plant's scientific name, description, origin, history, cultivation, harvesting, properties, and culinary uses, and the book includes introductory chapters on each of their various categories: cereals, legumes, nuts and seeds, fruits, vegetables, culinary herbs, sugar plants, beverages, spices, and flavorings. LAMINATED COVER. 480 pages.
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A fascinating overview of the plants that provide us with food, beverages, spices, and flavors. Descriptions of more than 380 plants include plant description, origin, history, cultivation, harvesting, health properties, and culinary uses. More than 800 color photographs showing the plants, flowers and the actual plant parts used.
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Ben-Erik van Wyk is a professor of botany at the Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa. His research interest is in systematic botany and plant utilization.
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- PublisherCavendish
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 9812611657
- ISBN 13 9789812611659
- BindingHardcover
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