INTRODUCTION
Vegetables In and Out of the Garden
CHAPTER ONE
In Which Asparagus Seduces the King of France
CHAPTER TWO
In Which Beans Beat Back the Dark Ages
CHAPTER THREE
In Which Beets Make Victorian Belles Blush
CHAPTER FOUR
In Which Cabbage Confounds Diogenes
CHAPTER FIVE
In Which Carrots Win the Trojan War
CHAPTER SIX
In Which Celery Contributes to Casanova’s Conquests
CHAPTER SEVEN
In Which Corn Creates Vampires
CHAPTER EIGHT
In Which Cucumbers Imitate Pigeons
CHAPTER NINE
In Which An Eggplant Causes a Holy Man to Faint
CHAPTER TEN
In Which Lettuce Puts Insomniacs to Sleep
CHAPTER ELEVEN
In Which Melons Undermine Mark Twain’s Morals
CHAPTER TWELVE
In Which Onions Offend Don Quixote
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
In Which Peas Almost Poison General Washington
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
In Which Peppers Win the Nobel Prize
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
In Which Potatoes Baffle the Conquistadors
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
In Which Pumpkins Attend the World’s Fair
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
In Which Radishes Identify Witches
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
In Which Spinach Deceives a Generation of Children
CHAPTER NINETEEN
In Which Tomatoes Fail to Kill Colonel Johnson