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No-Nonsense Guide to Culinary Herbs and Spices,
By L.M. Loeb@LazySusanRanch.com (Calistoga, California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Simon & Schuster's Guide to Herbs and Spices (Nature Guide Series) (Paperback)
This is the most comprehensive and authoritative guide to edible herbs and spices in such a small format. 280 species are listed, with clear color photographs, and concise descriptions of origin, history, culinary and other uses. Included is information you won't find in other books, including international production by country, and names of each herb or spice in Latin, English, German, French and Italian. And unlike many other herb books, this impressive encyclopedia isn't just about Mediterranean herbs -- it covers the globe. You won't find any crafts, recipes, or pictures of vinegar with herbs. It's small enough to pack for travel, hiking, or shopping at the nursery or Asian grocery store; any other guide with comparable content weighs in at 8lbs! The only shortcoming is that different varieties of major herbs, like the myriad mints and thymes, aren't covered individually.
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Ever since I first became interested in plants, I have noticed how certain divisions have emerged in the investigation of the subject, depending on whether the emphasis is on botany, biology, forestry, agronomy, pharmacy or cultivation, while at the same time the specialist compartments have often overlapped in their information. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mustard glucosides, ethereal oils, anthelminthic properties, herbal liquors, aromatic principles, clump division, flavoring bread, odorous principles, seedling rot, edible purposes, dentate margin, bitter principles, characteristic scent, digestive properties, terminal spikes, liquor industry, aromatic odor, mountain zones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South America, Sri Lanka, Central America, United States, West Indies, Asia Minor, Mediterranean Europe, Lauraceae Cinnamomum, North Africa, Ranunculaceae Nigella, Indian Ocean, Juglandaceae Juglans, Liliaceae Allium, Papaveraceae Papaver, Rubiaceae Cinchona, Sterculiaceae Cola, Zingiberaceae Alpinia New!
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Ever since I first became interested in plants, I have noticed how certain divisions have emerged in the investigation of the subject, depending on whether the emphasis is on botany, biology, forestry, agronomy, pharmacy or cultivation, while at the same time the specialist compartments have often overlapped in their information. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mustard glucosides, ethereal oils, anthelminthic properties, herbal liquors, aromatic principles, clump division, flavoring bread, odorous principles, seedling rot, edible purposes, dentate margin, bitter principles, characteristic scent, digestive properties, terminal spikes, liquor industry, aromatic odor, mountain zones Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South America, Sri Lanka, Central America, United States, West Indies, Asia Minor, Mediterranean Europe, Lauraceae Cinnamomum, North Africa, Ranunculaceae Nigella, Indian Ocean, Juglandaceae Juglans, Liliaceae Allium, Papaveraceae Papaver, Rubiaceae Cinchona, Sterculiaceae Cola, Zingiberaceae Alpinia New!
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- Book of Herbs by Dawn MacLeod in Back Matter
- Roman Cookery Book by Apicius in Back Matter
- The Illustrated Book of Herbs by Jiri Stodola in Back Matter
- Food for Free by Richard Mabey in Back Matter
- The Spice Book by Arabella Boxer in Back Matter
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