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The Edible Flower: A Modern Guide to Growing, Cooking and Eating Edible Flowers

Name: The Edible Flower: A Modern Guide to Growing, Cooking and Eating Edible Flowers
Price: 40.00 USD
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ISBN: 9780857829498

✍️ Bunting, Erin

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4.6

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📚 WHAT THE BOOK IS ABOUT

A guide to growing and cooking edible flowers from a Northern Irish smallholding.

Bunting and Facer leverage their background in organic gardening and chefing to create a resource that bridges horticulture and culinary arts. The book emphasizes the connection between land and plate, using ingredients sourced directly from their own environment. Readers learn to identify suitable blooms for consumption while exploring diverse recipe categories. The approach encourages entertaining through visually striking dishes that highlight natural flavors. The authors demonstrate how simple ingredients like marigolds, lilacs, and courgette flowers can elevate everyday meals into special occasions. This method reflects a commitment to local sourcing and seasonal eating patterns typical of their region.

Key Themes

edible flower cultivation seasonal foraging recipes organic smallholding life

Literary Context

The work emerges from the context of rural Northern Ireland, specifically a seven-acre organic smallholding. It reflects the traditions of local hedgerow foraging and kitchen garden gardening prevalent in that region. The authors apply these practices through their fork-to-fork supper club and cooking school.

Bunting, Erin

Difficulty

● Easy

Recommended For Fans Of

Niki Jabbour · The Edible Garden · Gourmet Gardening

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Entertaining & Holidays

🏛 Laurence King 📅 2023 📔 Hardcover ISBN: 9780857829498

📝 Description: The Edible Flower: A Modern Guide to Growing, Cooking and Eating Edible Flowers

Erin Bunting and Jo Facer present a practical guide to cultivating and utilizing edible flowers in their debut cookbook. The authors draw upon their experience running a seven-acre organic smallholding and fork-to-fork supper club in rural Northern Ireland. Their work combines kitchen garden produce with wild food foraged from local shores and hedgerows, offering readers a seasonal approach to cooking. The volume contains over fifty recipes designed to celebrate gatherings through stunning yet flavorful dishes. The content spans small plates, mains, desserts, baking, snacks, and drinks. Specific preparations include ribboned courgette salad with poppy seeds and calendula, pot marigold soda bread, lilac panna cotta, and slow roast lamb with lavender. Other featured items range from courgette flower tacos to blackberry and sweet geranium tart. This book suits home cooks interested in foraging and gardening who appreciate visual appeal in their meals. It is less suitable for those seeking traditional comfort food without botanical elements or readers uninterested in growing their own ingredients. The text focuses on fresh, seasonal produce rather than preserved goods or imported exotic spices.

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Eatbook Family editorial team

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Bunting and Facer successfully merge organic gardening expertise with chef skills to create a unique guide. The book excels at showing how simple ingredients like courgette flowers can transform ordinary meals into special occasions through visual appeal and natural taste. It is best suited for readers who value local sourcing and seasonal eating. However, it may not suit those seeking complex, traditional recipes or individuals uninterested in growing their own produce. The focus remains strictly on the connection between land and plate rather than advanced culinary techniques.

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⭐ eatbookfamily.com editorial review Editorial rating 4.6/5

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Gardeners and home cooks eager to bridge horticulture with culinary arts. Ideal for those who enjoy seasonal eating and want to elevate everyday meals using ingredients sourced directly from their own environment. Perfect for entertaining hosts seeking visually striking dishes that highlight…

Reader rating

4.6

Based on 1 reviews

Eatbook Family editorial team

Bunting and Facer successfully merge organic gardening expertise with chef skills to create a unique guide. The book excels at showing how simple ingredients like courgette flowers can transform ordinary meals into special occasions through visual appeal and natural taste. It is best suited for readers who value local sourcing and seasonal eating. However, it may not suit those seeking complex, traditional recipes or individuals uninterested in growing their own produce. The focus remains strictly on the connection between land and plate rather than advanced culinary techniques.

❓ Frequently asked questions

Yes, the authors emphasize using ingredients sourced directly from their own environment to highlight natural flavors and support seasonal eating patterns.

304 pages, hardcover.

Published in 2023 by Laurence King.

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📜 Historical context

This volume sits at the intersection of gardening and cooking, specifically focusing on ornamental plants and flowers as edible ingredients. It reflects a growing trend toward local sourcing and seasonal eating patterns. The book serves as a practical resource for those interested in organic gardening backgrounds and utilizing blooms like marigolds or lilacs to enhance their culinary repertoire.