The Seed Detective. Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables

Par : Adam Alexander, Tim Lang
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  • Nombre de pages320
  • FormatePub
  • ISBN978-1-915294-01-2
  • EAN9781915294012
  • Date de parution29/09/2022
  • Protection num.Adobe DRM
  • Taille3 Mo
  • Infos supplémentairesepub
  • ÉditeurChelsea Green Publishing UK

Résumé

Meet the Indiana Jones of vegetables and join him on his quest to save our heritage produce. Named BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme "Book of the Year"2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of AchievementShortlisted for the Garden Media Guild's Garden Book of the Year Award 2023Longlisted for The Art of Eating Prize 2023"[This book] is a clarion call to think about our food in new ways and carefully consider where it comes from."-New ScientistDid you ever wonder how peas, kale, asparagus, beans, squash, and corn have ended up on our plates? Well, so did Adam Alexander.
Adam Alexander is The Seed Detective. His passion for vegetables was ignited when he tasted an unusual sweet pepper with a fiery heart while on a filmmaking project in Ukraine. Smitten by its flavor, Adam began to seek out local growers of endangered heritage and heirloom varieties in a mission to bring home seeds to grow, share, and return so that he could enjoy their delicious taste-and save them from being lost forever.
In The Seed Detective, Adam shares his own stories of seed hunting, with the origin stories behind many of our everyday food heroes. Taking us on a journey that began when we left the life of the hunter-gatherer to become farmers, he tells tales of globalization, political intrigue, colonization, and serendipity-describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embedded in our food cultures."We are a nation of vegetable growers and this book explores the wonderful world of rare and endangered heritage and heirloom vegetables - and why we must keep growing them and saving their seed, not only for our gardening and culinary pleasure, but to pass these stories on - vegetables are truly our history on a plate."-The Seed Detective"Copious but thoroughly engaging research .
Meet the Indiana Jones of vegetables and join him on his quest to save our heritage produce. Named BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme "Book of the Year"2023 GardenComm Media Awards Silver Laurel Medal of AchievementShortlisted for the Garden Media Guild's Garden Book of the Year Award 2023Longlisted for The Art of Eating Prize 2023"[This book] is a clarion call to think about our food in new ways and carefully consider where it comes from."-New ScientistDid you ever wonder how peas, kale, asparagus, beans, squash, and corn have ended up on our plates? Well, so did Adam Alexander.
Adam Alexander is The Seed Detective. His passion for vegetables was ignited when he tasted an unusual sweet pepper with a fiery heart while on a filmmaking project in Ukraine. Smitten by its flavor, Adam began to seek out local growers of endangered heritage and heirloom varieties in a mission to bring home seeds to grow, share, and return so that he could enjoy their delicious taste-and save them from being lost forever.
In The Seed Detective, Adam shares his own stories of seed hunting, with the origin stories behind many of our everyday food heroes. Taking us on a journey that began when we left the life of the hunter-gatherer to become farmers, he tells tales of globalization, political intrigue, colonization, and serendipity-describing how these vegetables and their travels have become embedded in our food cultures."We are a nation of vegetable growers and this book explores the wonderful world of rare and endangered heritage and heirloom vegetables - and why we must keep growing them and saving their seed, not only for our gardening and culinary pleasure, but to pass these stories on - vegetables are truly our history on a plate."-The Seed Detective"Copious but thoroughly engaging research .