A Book Review: The Graphic Vegetable

During the dreary winter months, I begin to really miss being out in my garden. It can be challenging knowing that the long wait until spring is far from being over. I like to curb these feelings with some seed catalogs and good gardening books. Looking at pictures of vegetables and beautiful plants gets me excited and keeps me motivated until the upcoming planting season begins. The Graphic Vegetable: Food and Art from America's Soil by Michael B. Emery & Irwin Richman will help quell your winter woes.

About The Authors

Michael B. Emery is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He is also the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum's educator and volunteer coordinator. His ancestors include both Quaker and Amish farmers, and he has coauthored five books. He has deep roots in agriculture with a great grandfather who made cider and a great grandmother who enjoyed making apple butter. One of his hobbies includes baking, and he prides himself in making apple pies using ancestral redware pie plates. 

Irwin Richman is the author and co-author of many books, and is a professor emeritus of Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. He was born in New York City and grew up taking summer trips to the Catskill Mountains. While going on shopping trips at Prospect Place in Brooklyn that included pushcarts and vegetables stands, he became familiar with the decorative labels on fruit crates. At his family's home, he tended to a small orchard filled with apple, pear, plum, cherry and peach trees. He also works with a private group dedicated to forwarding the aims of the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum called the Landis Valley Associates.