Acetaria
A Discourse of Sallets
By (author) John Evelyn
Paperback (Published)
(July 2005)
ISBN: 9781903018293
5.7 x 8.05 inches
Price: $25.00
In stock
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.
Contents
Foreward
Introduction
John Evelyn's Table of Salad Plants
The Dedication
The Preface
The Plan of a Royal Garden
Errata
Acetaria
Appendix of Recipes
The Table
Index and Glossary
- By (author) John Evelyn
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