Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets - Couverture souple

Evelyn, John

 
9781903018293: Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1903018293 ISBN 13 : 9781903018293
Editeur : Prospect Books, 2003

Synopsis

First published in 1699, John Evelyn's Acetaria is an early book about food, rather than just a collection of recipes or a medical treatise - the usual forms. He discusses with immense bravura and polymathy the merits of salad, the demerits of meat-eating, the best way to mix, to grow, to gather and to season a salad, and the place of the salad in classical literature and the early history of man. What better introduction to eating more vegetables, or growing more salad plants? John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a virtuoso, scholar and man of letters of Restoration England. His diary is required reading, his architectural and environmental treatises were prophetic, and his gardening was legendary. Acetaria is one of its fruits. It has pleased generations of readers. This is a new setting of his text, with a useful introduction putting some contemporary perspectives on his opinions, together with a full index and glossary.

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À propos de l?auteur

John Evelyn was one of our first gastronomes, and estolled the virtues of eating more salads and vegetables.

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Éditeur
Prospect Books
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1903018293
ISBN 13 
9781903018293
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
130
Éditeur
Driver Christopher
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