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"The seminal book on the subject," (Charles Campion, Evening Standard)" --Evening Standard
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This title includes, from garden to plate: 25 recipes and an A-Z pictorial directory of culinary flora. It provides planning, planting and cultivating over 25 edible flower schemes with accompanying recipes. It includes an illustrated flower directory provides at-a-glance information on over 45 edible flower varieties and their complementary foods. It is a stunning visual guide and informative reference to consult and treasure. It includes over 400 exquisite colour photographs by Michelle Garrett. Flowers have been used for culinary purposes since earliest times; rose petals have been used to perfume jellies and cakes for centuries, and the tiny, richly scented 'Parma' violet was a popular flavouring during the Victorian era. Today, there is renewed interest in using flowers as ingredients in cooking; their subtle flavours and glorious colours impart an extra dimension to many of our favourite foods. Make a summer punch glow with the brilliant blue borage flower, and lift cakes into another realm of flavour with the addition of crystallized roses, sugared cowslips or candied primroses. This is a unique gardening guide and recipe collection in one beautifully photographed volume. This title contains over 25 planting schemes that explain in foolproof detail how to plant and cultivate edible flower combinations, with accompanying recipes showing how to use the blossoms and petals in the kitchen. Throughout, gorgeous colour photographs capture the beauty of the garden in bloom, while step-by-step sequences show their culinary potential in the kitchen. Keen gardeners and avid cooks will be thrilled by the imaginative use of flowers outdoors and indoors, and will consult this authoritative reference and stunning visual source book for years to come.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book scores high on beautiful pictures and inspirational content.
The first part gives general recipes like butters, oils, hot drinks, ice bowl (like the one on the cover) etc. Then there is a section with ideas for what to plant together ("projects" if you want - the instructions are perhaps a bit excessive, most of them boils down to "plant these ting together in a pot", without a lot of tips on the habits of the specific plants) and recipes using the same flowers.
(I count more than 30 recipes, don't know why cover says only 25). The focus is on desserts and light lunches + drinks.
There's also a short guide to planting and propagating, and then the directory with 40 different edible flowers, giving specifics on what conditions they like, what parts to use and how to use them in food.
All in all it is a nice compact book, with all the important edible flower how-to in one place, and a lot of inspirational ideas to get your creativity going.
The first part gives general recipes like butters, oils, hot drinks, ice bowl (like the one on the cover) etc. Then there is a section with ideas for what to plant together ("projects" if you want - the instructions are perhaps a bit excessive, most of them boils down to "plant these ting together in a pot", without a lot of tips on the habits of the specific plants) and recipes using the same flowers.
(I count more than 30 recipes, don't know why cover says only 25). The focus is on desserts and light lunches + drinks.
There's also a short guide to planting and propagating, and then the directory with 40 different edible flowers, giving specifics on what conditions they like, what parts to use and how to use them in food.
All in all it is a nice compact book, with all the important edible flower how-to in one place, and a lot of inspirational ideas to get your creativity going.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The book is fabulous, obviously it is an older version of a newer book out, but it is beautifully presented, well written and extremely common sense... Easy read and easy to follow instructions. Loved it. One special book one needs in your cook book collection. Beautiful book.
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I originally borrowed this from the local library for research on a talk on edible flowers I gave at the local extension and found it to be so informative I wanted it for my own library. Quite detailed on how to prep the flowers. There was much more information then I've seen in others books on this subject. Great pictures.
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