Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book by Jane Grigson
An alphabetical guide to vegetables from artichokes, asparagus and aubergines to tomatoes, watercress and yams. There are favourites like cabbage and parsnips and new vegetables such as the chayote from Jamaica and the cardoon from the Mediterranean. The author also wrote "Fruit Book". Jane Grigson won the Glenfiddich Writer of the Year Award.