Asian Vegetables

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Gardening. Cooking. Storytelling.

By Caroline Wang and Stephanie Wang and Patricia Ho-Yi Wang

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Asian Vegetables explores the rich world of lesser-known Asian vegetables beyond bok choy, highlighting their nutritional benefits and ease of cultivation in northern climates. Authored by the Wang sisters of Cantonese heritage, the book offers seasonal guidance on growing and harvesting fifteen staple Asian vegetables. It includes over forty recipes, some crafted by celebrated chefs, alongside cultural reflections on the significance of these foods within the authors' family history spanning China, Madagascar, and Canada. This beautifully illustrated volume is both a practical gardening resource and a heartfelt homage to heritage and sustenance.
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This book is ideal for gardeners, cooks, and food enthusiasts interested in expanding their knowledge of Asian vegetables and seasonal growing techniques, especially those in cooler climates. It also appeals to readers curious about cultural food traditions and sustainable, organic cultivation.

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While bok choy is now a staple on Western grocery store shelves, other Asian vegetables remain unknown—even though they are delicious, nutritious, and easy to grow in northern climates.

Caroline, Stephanie, and Patricia Wang, three sisters of Cantonese descent, have made it their mission to introduce gardeners, cooks, and vegetable lovers of all flavours to wider sources of sustenance.

Organized around fifteen Asian vegetables that are presented according to the rhythm of the seasons, this lush, full-colour book offers advice on growing and harvesting organic crops intended for both weekend and commercial gardeners, along with a host of ideas to preserve and prepare them, including over forty recipes, some of which have been developed by renowned chefs.

The Wang sisters complement the book's practical advice by offering thoughts on Asian vegetables from a cultural point of view and sharing the importance of these foods within their own family, members of whom left China to immigrate to Madagascar before settling in Canada.

Asian Vegetables is a generous and gorgeous tribute to good food, to the land, and the importance of strong roots.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781487012052

Publisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 16 November 2023

Country: Canada

Imprint: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by J. C. Sutcliffe

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 1619g

Pages: 352

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Caroline Wang Cook Books & Recipes Cooking & Food Home & Garden Non-Fiction Patricia Ho-Yi Wang Stephanie Wang

About the Author

STPHANIE, CAROLINE, and PATRICIA HO-YI WANG are, respectively, a farmer, a dietician, and a musician. The three sisters teach about and spread love for Asian vegetables in this unique work, simultaneously a gardening guide, a cookbook, and a family memoir. The vegetables they've chosen are all grown at Rizen, the organic farm that Stephanie founded at Frelighsburg, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. J. C. SUTCLIFFE is a translator, writer, and editor. Her translation of Back Roads by Andree A. Michaud was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award. Her other translations include Mama's Boy and Mama's Boy Behind Bars by David Goudreault, Document 1 by Francois Blais, and Worst Case, We Get Married by Sophie Bienvenu. She has written for the Globe and Mail, the Times Literary Supplement, and the National Post, among others. She lives in Peterborough, Ontario.