Grigson, Jane and Yvonne Skargon — Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

New York, Atheneum, 1979. Hardcover. Grass green stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 607 pp. BW illus.; weighs 2.5 lbs. Here "American readers, gardeners and food lovers will find everything they've always wanted to know about the history and romance of 75 different vegetables, from artichokes to yams, and learn how to use them in hundreds of different recipes, from the exquisitely simple Broccoli Salad to the engagingly esoteric Game with Tomato and Chocolate Sauce. Jane Grigson gives basic preparation and cooking instructions for every one of the vegetables discussed, and recipes for eating them in every style from least adulterated to most adorned, but this is by no means a book intended for vegetarians alone. There are recipes for Cassoulet, Chicken Gumbo and even Dr. William Kitchiner's 1817 version of Bubble and Squeak (fried beef and cabbage.)" (dj). VG .