The Random House Book Of Herbs

Phillips, Roger And Foy, Nicky

ISBN 10: 0679732136 / ISBN 13: 9780679732136

Published by Random House Pub., 1990

About this Item

Copyright Date: 1990 Sm Quarto, Illustrated, PP.192, How To Grow Or Gather Herbal Plants And Use Them For Cooking, Health And Beauty.

Seller Inventory # 20015D33G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Random House Book Of Herbs
• Publisher: Random House Pub.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679732136
• ISBN 13: 9780679732136
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Over 400 Full Color PHotos
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Herbs

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Synopsis

The indispensable new reference book for every herb enthusiast

With over 400 plants illustrated in full color, this is the most comprehensive photographic guide to herbs and plants grown all over the world for their culinary and medicinal properties.

Included are descriptions of the plants' distinctive features for identification, botanical information showing where each is found, and how to grow it or gather it from the wild. The text relates the history of the plant, describes its traditional uses in cooking, medicine, or cosmetics, and where appropriate details modem research supporting long-held beliefs about the effectiveness of the plant.

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sable new reference book for every herb enthusiast

With over 400 plants illustrated in full color, this is the most comprehensive photographic guide to herbs and plants grown all over the world for their culinary and medicinal properties.

Included are descriptions of the plants' distinctive features for identification, botanical information showing where each is found, and how to grow it or gather it from the wild. The text relates the history of the plant, describes its traditional uses in cooking, medicine, or cosmetics, and where appropriate details modem research supporting long-held beliefs about the effectiveness of the plant.