A pop-up culinary herbal
By: Shawn Sheehy
Contributors: Paperboy Press
Series: Plant lore of the 21st century series -- v. 2
Publisher: Paperboy Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Subjects: Materia Medica; Medicinal Plants; Herbals; Useful Plants; Toy and movable books; Specimens
Description: "This culinary herbal puts ancient medicinal theory into modern practice. Using pre-scientific logic, it links vegetables and their curative properties with 21st-century ills--both societal and individual. Though the cures are fictions, some parts of each listing are true: each of the 12 cultivars is an authentic heirloom, the listing of constituents is accurate, and the nutritional value of each vegetable is verified by modern science."--Introduction.
Notes: Edition of 30.

12 double-page pop-ups, 6 text pages.

Shawn Sheehy conceived, engineered, and designed this herbal. Sarah Vogel letterpress-printed the text and assisted with assembly. Each vegetable is accompanied by supporting text in a 2-page booklet (2.5 x 2.5") to the page. All stock is commercial cover in varying weights from various manufacturers. All type was digitally set in Italian Electric and output to polymer plates. Bound in chipboard and paper covers.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Old World vegetables : Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) ; Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) ; Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) ; Beetroot (Beta vulgaris) ; chard (Beta vulgaris sub. cicla) ; Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) ; Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus); title: New World vegetables: Maize (Zea mays) ; Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) ; Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) ; Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) ; Potato (Solanum tuberosum); title: Colophon.