Acetaria : a discourse of sallets (1699) John Evelyn

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.

Contributor:

Driver, Christopher P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vegetables--Early works to 1800.

Vegetables.

Cooking (Vegetables)--Early works to 1800.

Cooking (Vegetables).

Cooking, English--Early works to 1800.

Cooking, English.

Vegetarian cooking--Early works to 1800.

Vegetarian cooking.

Herbs--Early works to 1800.

Herbs.

Salad greens--Early works to 1800.

Salad greens.

Salads--Early works to 1800.

Salads.

Physical Description:

xxi, 130 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

Blackawton, Totnes, Devon : Prospect, 2005.

Summary:

"First published in 1699, John Evelyn's Acetaria is an early book about food, rather than just a collection of recipes or a medical treatise - the usual forms. He discusses the merits of salad, the demerits of meat-eating, the best way to mix, to grow, to gather and to season a salad, and the place of the salad in classical literature and the early history of man. What better introduction to eating more vegetables, or growing more salad plants? John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a virtuoso, scholar and man of letters of Restoration England. His diary is required reading, his architectural and environmental treatises were prophetic, and his gardening was legendary. Acetaria is one of its fruits. It has pleased generations of readers. This is a new setting of his text, with a useful introduction putting some contemporary perspectives on his opinions, together with a full index and glossary."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.

ISBN:

1903018293

9781903018293

OCLC:

70292465

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