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bring out the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
Adam Alexander
Paperback
$ 22.00
conform to the Indiana Jones of veggie and join him on his quest to relieve our heritage green groceries . distinguish BBC Radio 4’sThe Food Programme“Book of the Year”2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of AchievementShortlisted for the Garden Media Guild ’s Garden Book of the Year Award 2023Longlisted for The Art of Eating Prize 2023“[This book ] is a clarion call to think about our solid food in fresh path and carefully consider where it come from . ”—New ScientistDid you ever wonder how peas , Brassica oleracea acephala , asparagus , beans , squash , and corn have terminate up on our plates ? Well , so did Adam Alexander .
Adam Alexander is The Seed Detective . His passionateness for vegetable was ignited when he smack an unusual sweet pepper with a fiery philia while on a filmmaking project in Ukraine . Smitten by its flavor , Adam began to seek out local cultivator of endangered heritage and heirloom varieties in a mission to bring home seeds to produce , share , and return so that he could revel their delicious taste — and write them from being turn a loss always .
InThe Seed Detective , Adam divvy up his own stories of seed hunting , with the origin stories behind many of our quotidian food heroes . take us on a journey that begin when we left the life of the hunter - gatherer to become farmers , he tells tale of globalization , political intrigue , colonization , and serendipity — describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embed in our food culture .
“ We are a nation of vegetable growers and this Bible explore the tremendous world of uncommon and endangered heritage and heirloom vegetable – and why we must keep grow them and saving their seed , not only for our horticulture and culinary pleasure , but to legislate these stories on – vegetables are truly our story on a plate . ”—The Seed Detective“Copious but soundly engage research . . . Alexander shares his excitement over the potential for rescuing this lost inheritance . . . All of which make this statute title deserving a serious look . ”—Booklist ( starred)“[The Seed Detective ] traces the origin and phylogenesis of vegetables that have shaped human civilisation . ”—Atlas Obscura“[A ] spirit up introduction to the contemporary seed - saving movement . . . . With entertaining anecdotes that sport Syrian fava bean , Ukrainian sweet peppers and panoptic beans from Myanmar , Alexander ’s horticultural escapade will surely stimulate and unleash reader ’ internal gardeners . ”—Shelf Awareness“For Adam Alexander seminal fluid are more than just a job , hobby or passionateness . They ’re a lifeline . ”—Modern Farmer
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