Edible Flowers: From garden to kitchen: growing flowers you can eat, with a directory of 40 edible varieties and 25 recipes, with 350 glorious colour photographs. [Paperback]

Kathy Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 24, 2008

Flowers have been used for culinary purposes since earliest times; rose petals have been used to perfume sweetmeats, jellies and cakes for centuries, and the tiny, richly scented 'Parma' violet was a popular flavouring during the Victorian era. Today, there is renewed interest in using flowers as ingredients in cooking; their subtle flavours and glorious colours impart an extra dimension to many of our favourite foods.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Anness (September 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903141656
• ISBN-13: 978-1903141656
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,220,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mouth Watering, February 5, 2009

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K. Anderson "waldorfinthewoods" (apo) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Edible Flowers: From garden to kitchen: growing flowers you can eat, with a directory of 40 edible varieties and 25 recipes, with 350 glorious colour photographs. (Paperback)

The stunning photos are just the icing on the cake in this book. It is chock full of practical advice for planting, including gorgeous arrangements you can plant and eat together. The recipes look amazing, and there is plenty of good information on each plant type and how to grow it as well. Definitely, a great all around resource for growing and enjoying edible flowers.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ALMOST EVERYTHING I WAS LOOKING FOR, October 3, 2009

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This review is from: Edible Flowers: From garden to kitchen: growing flowers you can eat, with a directory of 40 edible varieties and 25 recipes, with 350 glorious colour photographs. (Paperback)

This book is truly a beautiful book!

It has a lot of information on edible flowers: from how to plant them to how to utilize them in your kitchen.

I'd have given it 5 stars if it had a little more history behind each flower, and the medicinal facts behind them.

Great book nonetheless!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Garden of Eatin', January 3, 2009

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Amaranth "music fan" (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Edible Flowers: From garden to kitchen: growing flowers you can eat, with a directory of 40 edible varieties and 25 recipes, with 350 glorious colour photographs. (Paperback)

"Edible Flowers" is a dazzling cookbook that's Edenic in its depiction of flowers in gardens and their uses for cooking. There are basics of flower&herb gardening,as well as glorious,colorful pictures. From mint leaves in ice water to lavender in French recipes, it shows that flowers not only look good in the garden, but on the plate. It's a feast for the senses. It's a user-friendly cookbook too. "Edible Flowers" is a Garden of Eatin' indeed!