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Bibliographies
Schofield, Eileen, 1988.
Cooking with vegetables, flowers and fruits: An annotated list of references.
Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries, New York. 22 p. (Plant Bibliography, No.7)
Keywords: bibliographies ; cooking recipes ; vegetables ; edible flowers ; fruits
(Call No.: 0318.9 S32.1)
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Books
Caron Lambert, Alice ; (photogr. de) Jacques Denarnaud, 1995.
La cuisine des fleurs.
ACR Édition, Courbevoie. 192 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; edible plants
(Call No.: 0310 C33.1)
Caron Lambert, Alice, 1998.
Délices de fleurs : recettes, saveurs et bienfaits.
Somogy Éditions d'art, Paris. 141 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; edible plants ; medicinal plants
(Call No.: 0310 C33.2)
Castle, Coralie (and) Robert Kourik, 1994.
Cooking from the Gourmet's Garden: Edible Ornamentals, Herbs & Flowers.
Cole Group, Santa Rosa CA. 224 p. ; ill.n+b.
Keywords: edible plants ; edible flowers ; herbs ; cooking recipes ; vegetable gardening
(Call No.: 0310 C32.1)
Couplan,François, 1999.
Mangez vos soucis: Guide des plantes ornementales comestibles.
Éditions Alternatives, Paris. 192 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; edible plants ; ornamental plants
(Call No.: 0310 C63.2)
Creasy, Rosalind, 1999.
The Edible Flower Garden.
Periplus Editions (HK), Boston and Hong-Kong. 106 p.; photos coul.
Keywords: edible plants ; edible flowers ; vegetables ; cooking recipes ; ornamental vegetable garden
(Call No.: 0310 C7.1)
De Belder-Kovacic, Jelena (et) Elisabeth De Lestrieux ; (adapt. par) J.-P. Gabriel ; (photogr. par) R. Bom, 1991.
La saveur des fleurs: A la découverte de la cuisine aux fleurs.
Duculot, Paris. 208 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: edible plants ; edible flowers ; vegetables ; cooking recipes
(Call No.: 0310 D42.1 Reference)
RECOMMENDED READING
Gardon, Anne, 1994.
La cuisine des champs.
Les Éditions de l'Homme, Montréal. 175 p.; photos coul.
Keywords: edible plants ; edible flowers ; vegetables ; cooking recipes ; wildflowers ; North America
NOTE : Pour les plantes sauvages de l'Est de l'Amérique du Nord.
(Call No.: 0310.55 G6.1)
Lambert Ortiz, Elizabeth, 1993.
Encyclopédie des herbes et des épices: Toutes les saveurs du monde.
Sélection du Reader's Digest, Paris; Montréal. 288 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: herbs ; edible plants ; spices ; cooking ; edible flowers
(Call No.: 0360 L32.1)
RECOMMENDED READING
Leggatt, Jenny, 1987.
Cooking with flowers.
Fawcett Columbine, New York. 142 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes
(Call No.: 0318.9 L4.1)
Mackin, Jane, 1993.
Cornell book of herbs and edible flowers.
Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca NY. 104 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: herbs ; edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; medicinal plants
(Call No.: 0360 M32.1)
McVicar, Jekka, 1997.
Le grand livre des fleurs comestibles: Comment cultiver et cuisiner les fleurs comestibles.
Guy Saint-Jean Éditeur, Laval QC; Boulogne (France). 160 p.; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; edible plants
(Call No.: 0310 M35.1)
Morse, Kitty ; (photogr. by) Owen Morse, 1995.
Edible flowers: A kitchen companion with recipes.
Ten Speed Press, Berkeley CA. 70p.; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; edible plants ; herbs
(Call No.: 0310 M62.1)
Richardson, Julia, 1990.
Fruits et légumes exotiques du monde entier.
Éditions Héritage, Saint-Lambert_QC. 256 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; edible plants ; tropical fruits ; vegetables ; nutritive value ; Asia
(Call No.: 0310 R5.1)
Smith, Leona Woodring, 1973.
The forgotten art of flower cookery.
Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna LO, 180 p.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; edible plants
(Call No.: 0310 S6.1)
Tilleray, Brigitte ; (photogr. de) David George, 1995.
Recettes du jardin et du verger.
Flammarion, Paris. 160 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; edible plants ; fruit gardening ; vegetable gardening ; ornamental vegetable garden ; herbs
(Call No.: 0310 T5.1)
Walker, Coral, 1994.
La maison en fleurs: La décoration, les soins de beauté, la gastronomie, les cadeaux.
Solar, Paris. 168 p. ; photos coul.
Keywords: floral arrangements ; edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; dried flowers
(Call No.: 0857 W3.1)
Wilson, Mélinda, 2007.
Fleurs comestibles: du jardin à la table. 2e éd. revue et augm.
Fides, Montréal. 278 p. ; photos coul.
SUJETS: fleurs comestibles ; plantes alimentaires ; recettes de cuisine
(COTE B-JBM: 0310 W52.1 2007)
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Videos
Meuninck, Jim (presented by), 1990.
Cooking with edible flowers & culinary herbs.
Media methods, Edwardsburg MI. VHS.
Keywords: edible flowers ; cooking recipes ; videos
(Call No.: VIDEOS 0318.9 001)
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Articles

Edible flowers are a popular subject for many articles in gardening magazines. Here is a sample:

Barash, Cathy Wilkinson, 1994.
Edible flowers.
Plants & Gardens (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record), 49(1, Spring 1993): 80-85.
Barash, Cathy Wilkinson, 1998.
Please Eat the Flowers.
Horticulture, (May 1998): 36-40.
Fleury, Normand (et) Satya Delahaye, 1994.
Aimer les fleurs à en manger... et à en faire manger.
Quatre-temps, 18(4): 22-35.
Wilson, Cynthia Gregory; (with illustrations by) Betsy Rogers-Knox, 1993.
A Garden's delight: Edible flowers.
The Herb Quarterly, No. 58 (Summer 1993): 19-23.

Call numbers are those of the Montréal Botanical Library. The Library is open to the public for consultation, but does not lend to the public.

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From the Montréal Botanical Garden Horticultural Leaflet 1D3.
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