Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets - Softcover

Evelyn, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903018293 ISBN 13: 9781903018293

Publisher: Prospect Books, 2003

Synopsis

First published in 1699, John Evelyn's Acetaria is an early book about food, rather than just a collection of recipes or a medical treatise - the usual forms. He discusses with immense bravura and polymathy the merits of salad, the demerits of meat-eating, the best way to mix, to grow, to gather and to season a salad, and the place of the salad in classical literature and the early history of man. What better introduction to eating more vegetables, or growing more salad plants? John Evelyn (1620-1706) was a virtuoso, scholar and man of letters of Restoration England. His diary is required reading, his architectural and environmental treatises were prophetic, and his gardening was legendary. Acetaria is one of its fruits. It has pleased generations of readers. This is a new setting of his text, with a useful introduction putting some contemporary perspectives on his opinions, together with a full index and glossary.

About this title

About the Author

John Evelyn was one of our first gastronomes, and estolled the virtues of eating more salads and vegetables.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prospect Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903018293
• ISBN 13: 9781903018293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130
• Editor: Driver Christopher