Sallets and Salmagundis

This volume provides an account, accompanied by many recipes, of the often-shifting ideas and tastes surrounding salad, throughout history and around the world. One example is `a grand spring sallet', which counts cowslip and violet buds, capers, currants and samphire among its diverse medley.

Acest volum ofera o prezentare, insotita de multe retete, a ideilor si gusturilor care se schimba adesea in jurul salatei, de-a lungul istoriei si din intreaga lume. Un exemplu este „un mare salet de primavara”, care numara mugurii de vaca si violet, capere, coacaze si samphire printre diversele sale amestecuri.