Forgotten Fruits

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Stocks is a writer and journalist who has worked for, among others, Harpers & Queen , ES Magazine , Arena and Wallpaper , reporting on everything from Uruguayan beach resorts to an underground submarine base off the coast of Sweden. More recently he wrote a weekly gardening column for the Independent On Sunday , and he is a regular contributor to Gardens Illustrated . He collects unusual perfumes and old Shell Guides, won a 2007 Bridport Prize for his poetry, and shares a birthday with Donny Osmond and Hermione Gingold. Forgotten Fruits is his first book. Klappentext Christopher Stocks is a writer and journalist who has worked for, among others, Harpers & Queen , ES Magazine , Arena and Wallpaper , reporting on everything from Uruguayan beach resorts to an underground submarine base off the coast of Sweden. More recently he wrote a weekly gardening column for the Independent On Sunday , and he is a regular contributor to Gardens Illustrated . He collects unusual perfumes and old Shell Guides, won a 2007 Bridport Prize for his poetry, and shares a birthday with Donny Osmond and Hermione Gingold. Forgotten Fruits is his first book. Zusammenfassung In Forgotten Fruits, Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating - often rather bizarre - stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Stocks, Stocks Christopher
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780099514749
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951474-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Garden; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Gardening, European History, GARDENING / General, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Cookery / food & drink etc, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Cookery / food and drink, Cookery / food and drink / food writing