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Spade, Skirret and Parsnip: The Curious History of Vegetables by Bill Laws is a cooking available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spade, Skirret and Parsnip: The Curious History of Vegetables about?
Couch potatoes are idlers, cabbageheads are dunces, swede-bashers are stupid and you may as well give up life if you become a vegetable. A vegetable existence may imply dull monotony, but the humble vegetable has sparked protests, threatened to topple a British government and almost triggered a revolution. From the Scottish Presbyterian campaign against the 'sinful potato' to the class act that turned the carrot into a propaganda tool, from garlic inscriptions on Egyptian pyramids to Neolithic b
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- Author
- Bill Laws
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Published
- 2025
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780750959070
- Category
- cooking
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Cooking, Stem
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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