Illustrations from an 18th Century Botanical Treasury

 

A DELIGHTFUL VISIT WITH AUTHOR CAROLINE BALL, WHO JOINS US FROM ENGLAND TO TALK ABOUT HER WONDERFUL NEW BOOK, 

“A Cornucopia of Fruit & Vegetables

Illustrations from an Eighteenth-Century Botanical Treasury”

Plump apricots, juicy mangoes, crisp lettuce.as viewed through eighteenth-century eyes, AND ARTISTS..

YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED CONNECTION BETWEEN

Lettuce, the Romans, and Beatrix Potter's FLOPSY Bunny.

Also:'

IN OUR TEASPOON OF TRIVIA...

OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ...   SHARES HIS FAVORITE WAY TO COOK A STEAK... MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE STOVE VENT FULL SPEED AHEAD!

AND,

In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight,"

THE MYSTERIOUS AND YET APPROACHABLE, AND DID WE MENTION DELICIOUS?  WATER CHESTNUT... WITH ALLIE THE ANNOUNCER!