The Complete Guide for Garden and Kitchen By Joy Larkcom Oriental vegetables are a treasure trove for Western gardeners and cooks. This classic work, newly revised to reflect today's tastes and eating habits, presents a cornucopia of crops that are full of flavor, highly nutritious and easy to grow, Joy Larkcom describes over seventy exotic vegetables that you can grow whatever your climate and soil type, however small your garden - hardy leafy mustards, komatsuna, Chinese yams and cabbage, lablab beans, pak choi, the climbing spinach basella, gourds, luffas and many more. Drawing on twenty years of research, she takes you through each stage of cultivation, as well as providing over fifty delicious recipes. A complete guide to Oriental vegetables whose seeds are widely available all over the world. Western gardeners will learn the historical background, methods of cultivation,and secret harvesting and storage tips that are provided in this marvelously illustrated book, along with numerous delicious and healthy recipes. 232 pages, 7" x 10", line drawings, bibliography, index, glossary. |