Tulip is an obsession. There is something special about it, the way its fleshy flowers and leaves feel is more like living skin than plant. In the 17th century this flower lead [...]
Todmorden is considered the most edible town in the world. Located in West Yorkshire, England, it has attempted to confront hunger, malnutrition, pollution and climate change, by developing several vegetable gardens, and [...]
It is widely believed that tulips were introduced into Europe through Holland, a country which has, itself, embracedthe flower as its symbol. However, this belief is far from the truth: tulips arrived [...]
Tulip is an obsession. There is something special about it, the way its fleshy flowers [...]
Todmorden is considered the most edible town in the world. Located in West Yorkshire, England, [...]
It is widely believed that tulips were introduced into Europe through Holland, a country which [...]
Chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini or sesame paste, and olive oil. These are the main ingredients [...]
A natural environment in the middle of Madrid and young-but-demanding participants were the perfect scene [...]
The olive tree can be found in the origins of ancient legends, archaic symbolisms and [...]
With its purple spikes, lavender seduces both bees and people through its never-ending rectilinear furrows, [...]
In the United Nations emblem, the olive tree is represented in the shape of a [...]
CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain) researchers have discovered pruning and grape wine propagation [...]
Arabic coffee has been included among the twenty elements added to the Representative List of [...]
Aloe Vera L. In Arabic, sabir, sibr, subbara It is a succulent and perennial plant [...]
“Do you not see that Allah sends down rain from the sky, and We produce [...]
An important part of the Arab lifestyle takes place around the table, savouring a good [...]
Black cumin, as it is called in Egypt, its land of origin, although in Spain [...]
The argan tree is an endemic species from Morocco, whose fruits are oleaginous and thoroughly [...]
The word Bedouin (bedw) is referred to the habitants of Badia (al-badia, in arabic), a [...]
The last Sahabi alive. The last good fellow alive. This is how they call this [...]
The diversity and variety of species are often mentioned in the Qur’an. And it is [...]
Carrots (Daucus carota) also apparently derive from the region of Persia and were widely grown [...]
The following are just some of the species which were imported or consolidated and the [...]
« …many herbal medications are still used in Morocco. For example, to relieve asthma, the attar [...]
“For centuries, the bitter orange had rather evil associations. Al-Tignari, the agricultural writer, said it [...]
Basketry, an art form based on plant fibres, has reached a high level of perfection [...]
“…A number of exotic crops had to be grown under irrigation, acclimatising them for the [...]
When travelling from oasis to oasis in the southern Maghreb, it is not unusual to [...]
ROYAL ROSEBAY (Nerium oleander L.) In al-Andalus, dafla. It is a toxic shrub, although considered [...]
Pharmacopeia is a science that becomes more developed in al-Andalus. In the complex recipes appears [...]
JASMINE (Jasminum officinale L.) Called yasamin in al-Andalus. Shrub of very aromatic white flowers, specially [...]
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