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Follow this vegetable's history, from its earliest use as a Chinese medicine to its arrival on these shores in the 14th century an beyond. A follow-up to the 2010 "The Great Book of Yorkshire Pudding".
Synopsis
A follow up to the 2010 publication "The Great Book of Yorkshire Pudding", this title deals with the Rhubarb. It follows this seemingly unassuming vegetable from the earliest times as a medicine in China and Russia to its arrival on these shores in the 14th century with promises of purifying blood and making young wenches look fair.