Edible & Medicinal FlowersThis guide brings together an extraordinary collection of over 80 flowers, trees and herbs that not only give a magnificent show in the garden, but also have remarkable healing properties and can be used in cooking and as cosmetic alternatives. |
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Extremely awesome book, I searched up Nasturtium, and i found out that this plant is a great medicinal plant
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This is an awesome resource on the medicinal and culinary potential of flowers, complete with recipes and cultivation notes.
Contents
Anise hyssop | 4 |
Burdock | 10 |
Carnation | 16 |
Coriander | 22 |
Delicious monster | 28 |
Fennel | 34 |
Linseed | 49 |
Nasturtium | 56 |
Rosemary | 69 |
Violet | 135 |
Common terms and phrases
added ailments ancient anise apple banana black pepper blossom boiling water bowl brown buds butter calyxes celery centuries chamomile cheese cinnamon cold compost cooking cool coriander cream crushed CULINARY CULTIVATION cup chopped decorate delicious dessert dish drink ease easy eggs finely chopped fresh fruit full sun garden gently geranium give glass golden grated green grow heat honey hyssop ingredients keep leaves and flowers lemon juice lily litres MEDICINAL milk minutes mixture mustard needs olive oil once onions orange parsley peach pear peeled pepper to taste petals plant poppy potatoes powder removed rich root rosemary sage salad salt and black sauce sea salt seeds Serves Simmer skin soaked soil soothing soup spring sprinkle stand stems stir fry strain strawberries sugar sunflower tablespoons teaspoons tender thinly sliced thyme treat tree vinegar warm whipped cream winter
Bibliographic information
| Title | Edible & Medicinal Flowers |
| Author | Margaret Joan Roberts |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | New Africa Books, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0864864671, 9780864864673 |
| Length | 160 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |