3 days agoAnd… BEFORE the potato came to Europe…In his book The Fascinating World of the Nightshades, Charles Heiser devotes a whole chapter to “How to Spend a Quiet Evening with a Potato”
Apr 9Start of the potato year!The A Year On The Field project kicks off this week with the start of reporting on the big potato year. Over the next few months...
Jul 28, 2023In search of flax – how popular traditions in Brittany can enlighten about flax-processing operationHere is a fine expression about flax, typical of the rich imagery of Breton: Hennezh zo mad da frikañ bolc’h (that chap is only good for...
Mar 3, 2023Flax-growing and linen production in medieval iconography: tools, techniques and gesturesIn the Middle Ages, textile plants such as flax and hemp provided not only comestibles for humans and animals, most especially in the...