The Secret Life of Vegetables: The Hidden History Behind the World's Most Unassuming Foods

A lively, erudite, and delightfully digressive tour through the secret lives of vegetables, revealing how humble plants have shaped our culture, cuisine, superstitions, language, politics, and even love.

We think we know our vegetables. We chop them, roast them, forget them in the crisper drawer. But beneath their humble surfaces lies a world far stranger, funnier, and more consequential than anyone imagines. In The Secret Life of Vegetables, Leyland uncovers the wildly unexpected histories ...