Oriental Vegetables

by JoyLarkcom (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $4.54

  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

  Paperback
  2008

  $26.60

  Increasingly, chefs today both professional and amateur are emphasizing fresh, seasonal ingredients, locally and organically grown. Now, in the revised edition of the book Alice Waters of Chez Panisse called indispensable, Joy Larcom presents abundant information about crops that are full of flavor, highly nutritious and easy to grow. She describes over seventy exotic vegetables that can be cultivated regardless of climate, soil type or garden size. Here are hardy leafy mustards, komatsuna, Chinese yams and cabbage, lablab beans, pak choi, the climbing spinach basella, gourds, luffas and many more. For this edition, Larkcom has added new varieties and taken out those which are no longer available. She's updated information on such topics as pest and disease control; and added to the section that offers over 50 recipes for making delicious salads (Chinese Hot Salad), salad dressings (Lemon and Green Onion Dressing), soups (Basic Western Style Greens Soup), pickles (Pickled Mushroom Stems), and other dishes using the vegetables featured in the first section (Azuki Bean Risotto with Watercress and Grilled Tofu, Creamy Artichoke Soup, Duck with Mustard Leaves and Pasta, etc.). The helpful appendices include a glossary of gardening terms, a season/month conversion chart, a growing information chart, plant names, gardening organizations and seed suppliers in the U.S.