Oriental Vegetables

by JoyLarkcom (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $7.43

  Here is a revised edition of vegetable guru Joy Larkcom's guide to the vegetables of the Far East. Based on 10 years of research, it features a cornucopia of crops: a whole new world of vegetables that includes hardy leafy mustards, komatsuna, Chinese yams, lablab beans, Japanese pumpkin and water bamboo - all full of flavour, versatile and easy to grow.
  Joy Larkcom shows how Western gardeners can grow these vegetables, whatever their weather, whatever their soil type. Using organic methods and both traditional and modern techniques, she takes you through each stage of cultivation, and provides over 50 of her own delicious recipes.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.35

  A guide for Western gardeners to the Far East's cornucopia of vegetables. Whatever the climate of soil type, this text shows how to grow a whole range of vegetables: hardy leaf mustards, stem lettuce and komatsuna for temperate climates; Chines yams and water spinach for the subtropical garden; and ideas for seedling crops for the city container garden.;The text features vegetables for every garden, their history and characteritics peppered with the author's personal anecdotes and observations. Using organic methods and both traditional and modern techniques, the author covers each stage of cultivation, helping avoid pests and diseases and offers tips on harvesting and storage. Over 50 of the author's own recipes, blending Eastern with Western cuisine are included.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1991

  $5.51

  While most are familiar with some of the oriental vegetables - Chinese cabbage, mustard greens and the giant oriental radish - their introduction into western gardens has been an altogether slower process than that of the trees, shrubs and flowers the plant-hunters brought back from China. Yet the Orient possesses adaptable vegetables which can be grown fast and intensively in the West. Many are extremely nutritious, lending themselves to quick healthy stir-frying or steaming and, when harvested young, for use in salads.;In this guide for the Western gardener, Joy Larkcom provides information on the cultivation and use of over 100 oriental vegetables, showing the ease with which they can be grown in Western climatic conditions. Their looks and colours are frequently suited to use in decorative schemes, or potagers. They provide vitamins in our diet at a time of year when other green vegetables are not available, and as the recipe section demonstrates, they are delicious to eat.