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A green-fingered gardener, Amy Stewart has always delighted in the sight of freshly cut flowers, but she grew increasingly curious and uneasy about the journey those flowers take to reach her bouquet. In Gilding the Lily, Stewart introduces us to the peop
"You know a book is good when you actually welcome one of those howling days of wind and sleet that makes going out next to impossible." The New York Times In The Earth Moved, Amy Stewart takes us on a journey through the underground world and i
Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the flower industry and how it has sought--for better or worse--to achieve perfection. She tracks down the hybridizers, geneticists, farmers, and florists wor
Enhver dråbe sake begyndte som et riskorn. Scotch whisky udspringer fra byg, tequila fra agave-planten, rom fra sukkerrør og bourbon kommer fra majs. Måske tænker man ikke så meget over hvilke alkoholiske drikke er brygget på hvilke råmaterialer, men måsk
A tree that sheds poison daggers; a glistening red seed that stops the heart; a shrub that causes paralysis; a vine that strangles; and a leaf that triggered a war. In Wicked Plants, Stewart takes on over two hundred of Mother Natures most appalling creat