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Food Plants of the World: Identification, Culinary Uses and Nutritional Value - Couverture rigide

Van Wyk, Ben-Erik

 
9781789241303: Food Plants of the World: Identification, Culinary Uses and Nutritional Value

Synopsis

Food Plants of the World is a comprehensive overview of the commercially important plants that provide us with food, beverages, spices and flavours. It includes descriptions of around 380 food and flavour plants and their close relatives. For each plant, the following information is given: plant description, origin & history, cultivation & harvesting, culinary uses & properties, and nutritional value. This revised edition is thoroughly updated throughout, and includes around 30 additional species, as well as an introduction to functional foods.This is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in the botanical origin of food ingredients and flavours.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ben-Erik van Wyk is a Professor of Botany and holds the DST-NRF National Research Chair in Indigenous Plant Use at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has a research interest in systematic botany and plant utilization.

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