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Oriental Vegetables: Complete Guide for Gardening Cook

Oriental Vegetables: Complete Guide for Gardening Cook

by JoyLarkcom (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

    $26.60

  • Used

    Paperback 1997

    $4.54
Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 232
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
Published: 30 Apr 2008
ISBN 10: 1568363702
ISBN 13: 9781568363707

Media Reviews
Indispensable for the gardening cook. --Alice Waters of Chez Panisse
The most authoritative work on the market for anyone who wants to understand oriental vegetables. --Martin Yan, host of PBSs Yan Can Cook
All her works are excellent shes the queen of vegetable growing. --Dan Pearson, The Observer
Larkcom, a British-based gardener and author of The Salad Garden (LJ 5/1/84), presents a comprehensive volume on Chinese and Japanese vegetables. Over 100 varieties are listed with information on scientific and Oriental names, general background, cultivation requirements, and use in the kitchen. An
additional section focuses on gardening techniques, such as cut and come again methods and protected cropping. The book concludes with a short collection of simple recipes. The information-dense text is occasionally lightened by high-quality line drawings and several pages of color photographs.
The thorough index will be helpful for individuals interested in determining the identity of vegetables found in Oriental markets. As a whole, Oriental Vegetables focuses more on information for the garden than the kitchen, and it should be a fine addition for most gardening collections,
especially in such areas where interest in Oriental food is high. --Virginia A. Henrichs, Library Journal

Indispensable for the gardening cook. --Alice Waters of Chez Panisse
The most authoritative work on the market for anyone who wants to understand oriental vegetables. --Martin Yan, host of PBSs Yan Can Cook
All her works are excellent shes the queen of vegetable growing. --Dan Pearson, The Observer
Larkcom, a British-based gardener and author of The Salad Garden, presents a comprehensive volume on Chinese and Japanese vegetables. Over 100 varieties are listed with information on scientific and Oriental names, general background, cultivation requirements, and use in the kitchen. An additional section focuses on gardening techniques, such as cut and come again methods and protected cropping. The book concludes with a short collection of simple recipes. The information-dense text is occasionally lightened by high-quality line drawings and several pages of color photographs. The thorough index will be helpful for individuals interested in determining the identity of vegetables found in Oriental markets. As a whole, Oriental Vegetables focuses more on information for the garden than the kitchen, and it should be a fine addition for most gardening collections, especially in such areas where interest in Oriental food is high. --Virginia A. Henrichs, Library Journal
Now I have someone to hold my hand while I try growing all this exotic stuff. --The Los Angeles Times Daily Dish blog


Indispensable for the gardening cook. --Alice Waters of Chez Panisse


The most authoritative work on the market for anyone who wants to understand oriental vegetables. --Martin Yan, host of PBSs Yan Can Cook


All her works are excellent shes the queen of vegetable growing. --Dan Pearson, The Observer


Larkcom, a British-based gardener and author of The Salad Garden, presents a comprehensive volume on Chinese and Japanese vegetables. Over 100 varieties are listed with information on scientific and Oriental names, general background, cultivation requirements, and use in the kitchen. An additional section focuses on gardening techniques, such as cut and come again methods and protected cropping. The book concludes with a short collection of simple recipes. The information-dense text is occasionally lightened by high-quality line drawings and several pages of color photographs. The thorough index will be helpful for individuals interested in determining the identity of vegetables found in Oriental markets. As a whole, Oriental Vegetables focuses more on information for the garden than the kitchen, and it should be a fine addition for most gardening collections, especially in such areas where interest in Oriental food is high. --Virginia A. Henrichs, Library Journal


Now I have someone to hold my hand while I try growing all this exotic stuff. --The Los Angeles Times Daily Dish blog


Author Bio

JOY LARKCOM is the author of The Salad Garden: Salad from Seed to Table, and is a pioneer in organic gardening. She was awarded the Royal Horicultural Societys Veitch Memorial Medal for her work on Oriental vegetables.