Broccoli & Other Love Stories - Paulette Whitney

Broccoli & Other Love StoriesPaulette WhitneyGenre: Food & DrinkLabel: Murdoch BooksDescription: Australia's answer to Jane Grigson and Elizabeth David.'Matthew Evans'Paulette is a generous and natural storyteller. Here at last she shares her encyclopedic food plant knowledge with us all.'Kylie KwongMeeting plants is like making new friends. It takes time and with a bit of care and good fortune enriches both of you. Eventually you end up in the kitchen together..In our busy sometimes overwhelming world nature is a solace. In this stunning companion Paulette Whitney connects readers to the history and culture of more than 55 vegetables fruits and herbs sharing her own experiences horticultural know-how kitchen wisdom and favourite seasonal recipes. Paulette surveys 11 plant families many well known some less familiar - including their surprising connections like how every single apple is in fact a cousin of the rose. Through evocative storytelling and sublime photography by Luke Burgess during a year in her market garden this book is an invitation to slow down grow something you can really taste and appreciate nature's bounty.