L'herbier voyageur

Jeanguyot, M.: 2004, Editions Plume de Carotte, hardcover, 166 pp., illustrated with historical herbarium plates and photographs. This edition retraces the fascinating global journeys and historical adventures of seventy common fruits, vegetables, and spices that shape our modern culinary traditions. The text details the complex human interactions, long expeditions, and medicinal folklore surrounding these staple plants before they finally integrated into European kitchens. Magnificent reproductions of centuries-old botanical specimens collected by passionate world-traveling explorers visually capture the enduring connection between botany and human civilization. ISBN 9782951662971 In very good condition. French Language