With marvelous hand-painted illustrations and a wealth of nutritional, historical, and other information, this volume belongs on the shelf of everyone interested in nutrition and food. In an oversized format with alternating full-page color plates, the book covers cereals, sugar crops, oil seeds, nuts, legumes, fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs, sea-weeds, mushrooms, wild food plants, and much more. This edition is fully updated with the latest nutritional research, as well as extra illustrations of many new and exotic ...
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With marvelous hand-painted illustrations and a wealth of nutritional, historical, and other information, this volume belongs on the shelf of everyone interested in nutrition and food. In an oversized format with alternating full-page color plates, the book covers cereals, sugar crops, oil seeds, nuts, legumes, fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs, sea-weeds, mushrooms, wild food plants, and much more. This edition is fully updated with the latest nutritional research, as well as extra illustrations of many new and exotic edible plants.
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Add this copy of The New Oxford Book of Food Plants to cart. $8.40, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Oxford University Press, USA.
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Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0198548257. Color illlustrations; 4to 11"-13" tall; 260 pages; 1997 Oxford University Press. Oversize HC/DJ. Snugly bound and fresh in sharp edged color pictorial dust jacket. Jacked has a mild scrunch set of stress creases bottom edge of the rear panel. Contents bright and fresh with no marks. Illustrated throughout in color. NF/VG+...Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex-lib references collection (with allowance for lib indications, condition is VG/VG; see description below). Hardcover in illustrated wraps, small 4to. xx + 239pp. Color plates with B. E. Nicholson and facing descriptiopns throughout. Index, bibliogrqphy, tables, notes on nutrition. Lib indications are paper backed Brodart over pasted down jacket; barcode label to lower front panel; call and reference labels lower spine end; stamps to page edges and below upepr edge title page; bookplate rear free endpaper. Book and jacket are otherwise Near Fine to Fine, with especially bright, beautiful artwork. Several page gatherings favored throughout.
This version of the Oxford Book of Food Plants (1997, 1998 reprint, original 1969) first caught my attention a few years back when working at the local university. Different people wanted this book, agricultural experts, nutrition scientists, and foodies. A somewhat regular book until you open the cover and discover the stunning color illustrations inside - nearly every second page showing in almost photographic detail the various common and less familiar crops. The pictures themselves are suitable for framing; just pick your favorite foods from among grains, sugar crops, nuts, legumes, fruits, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, seaweeds and others. Additional sections include information on plant classification, crop domestication, food components (carbs, fats, alcohol - yes alcohol, vitamins, minerals, and other biologically active substances), effects of processing and storage, recommended daily amounts (RDAs), nutrition tables and a comprehensive glossary (worthy of any intro botany course). And all this info this all packed into 239 pages! It may not be the most popular-selling book (I find the real gems tend to be a little exclusive) but it definitely has its admirers for good reason. If you see a copy for a reasonable price, grab one. This one can get quite expensive, as there a lot of people willing to pay top dollar for it when demand exceeds supply.
