Book ID: 75946
Woodward, Penny
Garlic and Friends. The History, Growth and Use of Edible Alliums. 1996. illustr.(incl.many col. photogr.). XI, 248 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Covers not only the the well known garlic, leeks, onions, chives andshallots but also the lesser known welsh onion, elephant garlic, onionweed, rakkyo, ramsons and ever - ready, potato and tree onions. Theirhistory, identification, propagation and uses in cooking and medicineare all looked at in great detail.