Product Description

A comprehensive survey of the plants that provide food, beverages, spices, and flavourings, this book will serve as an invaluable reference to gardeners, ethnobotanists, nutritionists, culinary professionals, dieticians, and food enthusiasts. This scientifically accurate guide will allow them to identify all the major plant-derived foods and flavours, research culinary uses, and understand their dietetic and nutritional properties. Introductory chapters cover the various categories of plant use, including cereals, pulses (legumes), nuts and seeds, fruits, vegetables, culinary herbs, sugar plants, beverages, spices, and flavourings. The core of the volume is an encyclopaedic description of more than 380 food and flavour plants in use worldwide, with over 800 colour photographs. This accessible, pictorial guide is a concise source of practical information, not readily available elsewhere, and should be on every food enthusiast's bookshelf.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #322298 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 480 pages

About the Author
Ben-Erik van Wyk is a professor of botany at the Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Customer Reviews

Food and Spice for Thought
... belongs on your kitchen shelf, next to salt and pepper, or right smack on the kitchen table ... you are, what you eat.... so, will learn more about yourself! Hmm!? This is a fantastic book, appatizing, mouth-watering, a must for the 'kitcheneer'... you'll love the crisp, authentic photography! ...and your meals will taste so much better with that extra grain of salt and the provided pepper, I mean, spice for thought! A nice and affordable present - always comes in handy. I keep an EXTRA copy, just in case a friend decides not to let loose of mine. Enjoy!

TCH Cole - hobby cook and botanist -
Heidelberg, Germany