Around the world in 80 plants : an edible perennial vegetable adventure in temperate climates

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An inspirational journey around the world, looking at Stephen's top 80 perennial leafy green vegetables. There are stories of the wild foraging traditions of indigenous people in all continents: from the Maori of New Zealand, the rich traditions of the Mediterranean people, high altitude foods with the Sherpas in the Himalayas and the wild aquatic plant that sustained Native American tribes with a myriad of foodstuffs and other products. Each vegetable is given a thorough description, including its traditions, stories, cultivation, where to source seeds and plants, and how to propagate it. There is also a sprinkling of recipes inspired by local gastronomy. This adventure in climate-friendly vegetable growing is interesting to both traditional vegetable and ornamental gardeners, as well as people interested in permaculture, forest gardening, foraging and ethnobotany. Foreword by Alys Fowler.

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xviii, 284 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

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Permanent Pubns,

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2014

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9781856231411

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Hampshire, UK : Permanent Pubns, 2014.

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635 BARSTOW

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Around the World in 80 Plants takes us on an original and inspiring adventure around the temperate world, introducing us to the author's top eighty perennial leafy-green vegetables.

We are taken underground gardening in Tokyo, beach gardening in the UK, and traditional roof gardening in the Norwegian mountains. . . . There are stories of the wild foraging traditions of indigenous people in all continents: from the Sámi people of northern Norway to the Maori of New Zealand, the rich food traditions of the Mediterranean peoples, the high-altitude food plants of the Sherpas in the Himalayas, wild mountain vegetables in Japan and Korea, and the wild aquatic plant that sustained Native American tribes with myriad foodstuffs and other products.

Around the World in 80 Plants will be of interest to both traditional vegetable and ornamental gardeners, as well as anyone interested in permaculture, forest gardening, foraging, slow food, gourmet cooking, and ethnobotany. A thorough description is given of each vegetable, its traditions, stories, cultivation, where to source seed and plants, and how to propagate it.

Sprinkled with recipes inspired by local traditional gastronomy, this is a fascinating book, an entertaining adventure, and a real milestone in climate-friendly vegetable growing from a pioneering expert on the subject.

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Stephen Barstow is one of the world's great edible plant collectors and his stories of encountering plants in the wild, tracking down seeds of rare species, and of course growing and cooking with these species are absolute treasures.

Alys Fowler

About the Author	p. v
Contact the Author	p. vi
Disclaimer	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
The Purpose of this Book	p. xiii
1 Western and Central Europe	p. 1
2 Southern Europe and the Mediterranean	p. 57
3 The Caucasus to the Himalayas and Siberia	p. 97
4 The Far East and Australia	p. 127
5 The Americas	p. 175
6 Norway (and Scandinavia)	p. 209
Appendix 1 Plant Table	p. 265
Appendix 2 List of Calzone Ingredients	p. 272
Bibliography and References	p. 273
Index	p. 279

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