Seaweed Collector’s Handbook

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Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - are largely unknown to us.

In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, culture and use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney Islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. Seaweed troubled Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic, intrigued von Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea and inspired artists from Hokusai to Matisse. Covering seaweed's collection by Victorians, its adoption into fashion and dance and its potential for combating climate change, and with a fabulous series of recipes based around the 'truffles of the sea', this is a wonderful gift for every nature lover's home.

Sinopsis del producto

Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - are largely unknown to us.

In this short, exquisitely illustrated portrait, the Dutch poet and artist Miek Zwamborn shares her discoveries of its history, culture and use, from the Neolithic people of the Orkney Islands to sushi artisans in modern Japan. Seaweed troubled Columbus on his voyages across the Atlantic, intrigued von Humboldt in the Sargasso Sea and inspired artists from Hokusai to Matisse. Covering seaweed's collection by Victorians, its adoption into fashion and dance and its potential for combating climate change, and with a fabulous series of recipes based around the 'truffles of the sea', this is a wonderful gift for every nature lover's home.

9781788165471

From Purple Laver to Peacock's Tail

Zwamborn, Miek; Hutchison, Michele

Matisse; climate change; recipes; algae; kelp; dulse; hen pen; green hair weed; sea lettuce; bladderwrack; sugar kelp; oarweed; Irish moss; Sargasso Sea; Alexander von Humboldt; sushi; nori; Matisse; Ralph Steiner; Jean Epstein; Victoria and Albert Museum; V & A museum; Hokkei; Hokusai; Vence chapel; Ellsworth Kelly; haiku; Japanese poetry; seaweed recipe; William Kilburn; Tove Jansson; Dr William Turner; Gauguin; Iceland; Hebrides; Basho; agar; Yann Martel; Life of Pi