Bøker av Ria Loohuizen

Ria Loohuizen has pursued the elder into every corner of history, literature, and kitchen usefulness. In an evocative text, she explores its meaning to early physicians, its place in mythology and folklore, its occurrence in literature and gives maximum exposure to recipes for medicaments as well as delicious sweet dishes and drinks.

In this history of the chestnut tree in all its varieties, Ria Loohuizen includes about 50 recipes for dishes as varied as a terrine of chestnuts and wild mushrooms, a breast of duck with chestnuts, pancakes made with chestnut flour, and the famous Italian chestnut cake, "Castagnaccio."