Amazing Stories of Vegetables and Herbs - Bertrand Dumont

Did you know that tomatoes are tropical vines whose fruits were not always red?
That cabbages grew in bushes?
That beans were once poisonous?
Exploring the history of the plants we eat reveals their astonishing evolution. Since their original environment is largely in tropical latitudes, it's understandable that our vegetables and herbs have traveled extensively in the luggage of explorers and horticulturalists.
We thus discover, in a different light, the journey of more than fifty plant species such as tomatoes, potatoes, corn, arugula and basil. This unusual foray into the past of edible plants gives full meaning to the ever-growing interest in heritage varieties.
We must also salute the work of the gardeners of yesteryear, to whom we owe the remarkable diversity of herbs and vegetables present on our plates today.