The Curious History of Vegetables

Bill Laws

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The History Press Ltd
26 September 2024

Social & cultural history; Food & society; Gardening: growing fruit & vegetables; Trees, wildflowers & plants

Exploring the history of the humble vegetable: from Maris Piper to Couch Potato.

The 'couch potato' is an idler, the 'cabbage-head' a dunce, Swede-bashers are stupid and you may as well give up life if you become a vegetable. A vegetable existence may imply dull monotony, but the human vegetable has sparked protests, threatened to topple a British government and almost triggered a revolution. From the Scottish Presbyterian campaign against the 'sinful potato' to the class act that turned the carrot into a propaganda tool, from garlic inscriptions on Egyptian pyramids to Neolithic broad beans and medieval cabbage, and from the Dig for Victory campaign to their use in perfumes, Spade, Skirret and Parnsip shows vegetables in a fascinating new light.

80 b/w illustrations

By: Bill Laws
Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781803997155
ISBN 10: 180399715X
Publication Date: 26 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

BILL LAWS has written seven books on garden history; his last title, Artist's Gardens (Ward Lock, 1999) has sold 20,000 copies in the UK. He writes for The Telegraph, Sainsbury's Magazine and Period House. Formerly a professional gardener, he manages an organic garden on the Welsh borders.

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The Curious History of Vegetables

Bill Laws

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