Spade, Skirret and Parsnip: The Curious History of Vegetables

Laws, Bill

ISBN 10: 0750932597 / ISBN 13: 9780750932592

Editore: Sutton Publishing, 2006

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• Titolo: Spade, Skirret and Parsnip: The Curious History of Vegetables
• Editore: Sutton Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0750932597
• ISBN 13: 9780750932592
• Rilegatura: Trade Paperback
• Edizione: First Edition.
• Condizione: Like New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Like New
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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.