This book is fascinating - much more than a recipe book, it places each of the chosen plants fully in its historical and scientific context. They are classed by family and there are two or three recipes given for each vegetable, most of these dishes being quite unusual. I have tried some and they came out extremely well. There is also information on seasonality, where and how the plant is grown and it is crammed full of gorgeous images. I like this book because it is well written and well researched, entertaining and attractive and includes all sorts of obscure and unjustly neglected vegetables. I also like the fact that it offers so much information, unlike virtually all other cookery books which don't attempt to deepen the reader's understanding ... Read More:
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This novel is an excellent insight into the behaviour and emotions of people living long ago. From the opening of the first chapter, one is completely enthralled and absolutely addicted to the constant anticipation of what is to come. The first half of the book almost makes the ending seem predictable - until about the middle, when everything is turned on its head and leaves the reader completely moved and somewhat 'scarred' for having read it.
What an excellent book! I am researching the history of my wife's Great Uncle, a Battle of Britain pilot who died in 1941. He was reported as missing following his aircraft crashing into the River Severn near Chepstow. I thought that I had exhausted all avenues of enquiry and my next job was going to be a speculative visit to the Public Records Office to see if I could find out anything else. Just reading this book has given me so many more areas to look that the quick visit looks like being a whole day! Don't overlook this well laid out and informative publication, if you are researching any relative that has been involved in flying in any of the Armed Services.
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What an excellent book! I am researching the history of my wife's Great Uncle, a Battle of Britain pilot who died in 1941. He was reported as missing following his aircraft crashing into the River Severn near Chepstow. I thought that I had exhausted all avenues of enquiry and my next job was going to be a speculative visit to the Public Records Office to see if I could find out anything else. Just reading this book has given me so many more areas to look that the quick visit looks like being a whole day! Don't overlook this well laid out and informative publication, if you are researching any relative that has been involved in flying in any of the Armed Services.
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Clearly, there are no quick or easy fixes to understanding Hegel. I carefully made my way through this book, and on the whole found it extremely helpful. If it 'paraphrases the *Phenomenology of Spirit*', as another reviewer criticises it for doing, then this is entirely its job as an introduction to Hegel. The question is "Does it paraphrase well?". I think it does.
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