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Ervas, temperos e condimentos de A a Z
The most complete--and famous--guide to herbs and spices ever published, and a necessary volume for every cook's shelf.
Tom Stobart's extensively researched, alphabetical reference guide to herbs, spices, and flavorings, quite literally, defines good taste. Illustrated throughout, this comprehensive volume discusses nearly four hundred different herbs, spices, and flavorings found all over the world.
From Almond to Zedoary, each entry includes a detailed description of native uses, origins, and history; magical, medicinal, and scientific uses; and botanical, native, and popular names. There are also knowledgeable assessments of the gradations in taste and intensity, and the effects of cooking, freezing, pickling, and maturing on every spice, herb, and flavoring covered--a feature all cooks will surely appreciate.
"Tom Stobart is the authority on herbs."-- Craig Claiborne
"A meticulously researched and fascinating work. . . . Handsome illustrations enhance a book that will provide a helpful reference to any cook or connoisseur desiring a knowledge of herbs, spices and flavorings--the most complex and rewarding of all culinary tools."-- Publishers Weekly
Tom Stobart's extensively researched, alphabetical reference guide to herbs, spices, and flavorings, quite literally, defines good taste. Illustrated throughout, this comprehensive volume discusses nearly four hundred different herbs, spices, and flavorings found all over the world.
From Almond to Zedoary, each entry includes a detailed description of native uses, origins, and history; magical, medicinal, and scientific uses; and botanical, native, and popular names. There are also knowledgeable assessments of the gradations in taste and intensity, and the effects of cooking, freezing, pickling, and maturing on every spice, herb, and flavoring covered--a feature all cooks will surely appreciate.
"Tom Stobart is the authority on herbs."-- Craig Claiborne
"A meticulously researched and fascinating work. . . . Handsome illustrations enhance a book that will provide a helpful reference to any cook or connoisseur desiring a knowledge of herbs, spices and flavorings--the most complex and rewarding of all culinary tools."-- Publishers Weekly
359 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
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About the author
Tom Stobart
8 books1 followerThomas Ralph Stobart OBE (10 March 1914 – 28 November 1980) was a British cameraman, film-maker and author, notable for having shot The Conquest of Everest, the official film of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition.
Stobart was born in Darlington and was educated at St Bees School near Whitehaven, Cumberland. He attended Sheffield University and Cambridge University where he studied zoology. He died at Hassocks, Sussex aged 66.
He made Army instructional films in India in World War II, went on a 1946 expedition to the Himalayas, and on an expedition to North Queensland. He made the official film of the 1949-50 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSX).
There was wider public interest in the Everest expedition, and a need for sponsors. Countryman Films Ltd was one of the 1953 expedition’s sponsors.
On the expedition, John Hunt recalls him "recounting some thrilling if slightly improbable experience with wild game in Africa, or giving a vivid description of the Far South." He had a "seemingly endless repertoire of adventure stories" George Lowe had understudied him as a reserve photographer.
Later he went on an expedition to find the Abominable Snowman, wrote an autobiography in 1957 "I Take Pictures for Adventure". He published an autobiography in 1958 entitled "Adventurer's Eye" and wrote two books on cookery. Two later films were Adventure On (1956) and The Great Monkey Ripoff (1979).
Stobart was born in Darlington and was educated at St Bees School near Whitehaven, Cumberland. He attended Sheffield University and Cambridge University where he studied zoology. He died at Hassocks, Sussex aged 66.
He made Army instructional films in India in World War II, went on a 1946 expedition to the Himalayas, and on an expedition to North Queensland. He made the official film of the 1949-50 Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSX).
There was wider public interest in the Everest expedition, and a need for sponsors. Countryman Films Ltd was one of the 1953 expedition’s sponsors.
On the expedition, John Hunt recalls him "recounting some thrilling if slightly improbable experience with wild game in Africa, or giving a vivid description of the Far South." He had a "seemingly endless repertoire of adventure stories" George Lowe had understudied him as a reserve photographer.
Later he went on an expedition to find the Abominable Snowman, wrote an autobiography in 1957 "I Take Pictures for Adventure". He published an autobiography in 1958 entitled "Adventurer's Eye" and wrote two books on cookery. Two later films were Adventure On (1956) and The Great Monkey Ripoff (1979).
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August 29, 2023
No index
Probably a useful book but the e book has no index and is not re
ally useable
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Probably a useful book but the e book has no index and is not re
ally useable
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R u b a r b.
January 9, 2014
This is the hard-back edition, from the 1970's. (Oddly, I don't see the actual year for this printing, only from Yugoslavia). I love this book so far, though it might take to time to sort through it all. Such nice illustrations, but I could use some more color plates. Such a shame it's not printed in hardback anymore! I got mine from Amazon. It cost 37 cents. Highly recommended.
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