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Author / Creator:	Da Silva, Zenia Sacks, author.
Imprint:	Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource (365 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Herbs -- Folklore. Herbs -- Religious aspects. Herb products. Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- History. Herb gardening. Cooking (Herbs) Cooking (Herbs) Herb gardening. Herb products. Herbs. Herbs -- Religious aspects. Herbs -- Therapeutic use. Folklore. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11911169

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ISBN:	9781443893503 1443893501 9781443856874
Summary:	This book is not the usual herbal; not a homeopathic handbook, a cookbook or a gardener's consort; not even a compendium of history or lore, though these are its favourite pursuits. At heart, it is a tale of humanity's poignant relationship with nature. Told in short vignettes, profusely illustrated and sprinkled with personal asides, it touches broadly on the role of plants in legend, in religion, in medicine, commerce, crafts and tradition, in literature, language, politics, beauty, in the rise and fall of empires, in food and manners, in love, in murder, and in crushing social passions. It.

Table of Contents:

Introduction; Chapter One; How to Make ... An Ever-Living Wreath; Chapter Two; How to Make. . . May Wines, Mulled Wines and Mead; Chapter Three; How to Make ... A Herbal Odyssey; Glimpses across the Centuries; Chapter Four; How to Make. . . An Elizabethan Party; Chapter Five; How to Make. . . Your Own Herbal Valentines; Chapter Six; How Not to Make. . . A Fatal Mistake; Chapter Seven; How to Make ... Fragrant Candles, Pomanders and Potpourris; Epilogue: Seeds for Survival; Works Consulted

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