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Vegetable literacy, cooking and gardening with twelve families from the edible plant kingdom, with over 300 delicously simple recipes, Deborah Madison

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Vegetable literacy

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Deborah Madison

cooking and gardening with twelve families from the edible plant kingdom, with over 300 delicously simple recipes

Cabbage (brassica oleracea) -- Collards (brassica oleracea) -- Mustard greens (brassica juncea) -- Mustard seeds, mustard oil and mustard -- Kale (brassica oleracea) -- The miniature cabbage: brussels sprouts (brassica oleracea) -- The mild mannered cauliflower -- The unfortunate disliked broccoli (brassica oleracea) -- Turnips (brassica rapa) -- Rutabagas (brassica napus) -- Radishes (raphanus sativus) -- Kohlrabi -- The peppery crucifers : horseradish, watercress, arugula -- Asian greens -- Carrots (daucus carota) -- Celery (apium graveolens) -- Celery root (apium graveolens, var. rapaceum) -- Fennel (foeniculum vulgare) -- Parsnips (pastinaca sativa) -- The umbellifer herbs and spices : angelica, anise, caraway, cilantro and coriander, chervil, cumin, dill, lovage, osha, parsley, parsley root, asafoetida -- Jerusalem artichokes or sunchokes (helianthus tuberosus) -- Cardoons (cynara cardunculus) -- Artichokes (cynara scolymus) -- Chicory and endive (cichorium intybus and chicorium endive) -- Lettuce: leafy reds and greens (lactuca satvia) -- Two long roots: salsify and scoraznera (tragopogon porrifolius scorzonera hispanica) -- Burdock, the long, long root (arctiium lappa) -- Tarragon (artemisia daranculous) -- Potatoes (solanum tuberosum -- Peppers and chiles (capsicum annuum) -- Eggplant (solanum melongena) -- Tomatoes (lycopersicum esculentum) -- Husk tomatoes: tomatillos and ground cherries (physalis ioxcarpa) -- Spinach (spinacia oleracea) -- Wild spinach, or quelities (c. album) -- Beets (beta vulgaris) -- Chard (beta sicla) -- Quinoa (c. quinoa) -- Epazote (c. ambrosioides) -- Huanzontle (c. berlandieri) -- Orach, or mountain spinach (atriplix hortensis) -- Four-wing salt bush (atriplex canescens) -- Onions (alliaceae) -- Leeks and chives (allium porrum and allium schoenoprasum -- Wild plants: ramps and wild onions (allium tricoccum) -- Chives (allium schoenoprasum) -- Garlic (alliium sativum) -- Asparagus (asparagaceaea, formerly lilliaceae) -- Winter squash -- Summer squash -- Cucumbers (cucumis sativu) -- Wheat (triticum) -- Oats (avena sativa) -- Rye (secale cereale) -- Millet (pennisetum glaucum) -- Barley (hordeum vulgare) -- Corn (zea mays) -- Rice (oryza sativa) -- Wild rice (zizania aquatica) -- Anise hyssop (agastache foeniculum) -- Basil (ocimum basilicum) -- Lavender (lavandula) -- Mint (mentha) -- Oregano and marjoram (origanum vulgare and origanum majorana) -- Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis) -- Sage (salvia) -- Chia seed (salvia hispanica) -- Savory (satureja) -- Thyme (thymus) -- Perilla -- Fresh green peas (pisum sativum) -- Dried peas -- Southern peas (vigna unguiculata) -- Peanuts (arachis hypogaea) -- Fava beans (vicia faba) -- Lentils (lens culinaris) -- Soybeans, a troublesome legume (glycine max) -- Dried common beans (phaseolus vulgaris) -- Tepary beans (phaseolus acutifolius) -- Green beans -- Garbanzo beans or chickpeas (cicer arietinum) -- Mesquite (prosopis glandulosa) -- A tropical tuber from the morning glory family : the sweet potato