The Forgotten Art of Flower Cookery by Leona Woodring Smith - 1985 Edition First Printing farmhouse books If you are lucky enough

If you are lucky enough to be handed down a box stuffed full with clippings and handwritten notes from generations past

(FROM THE DUST JACKET)

you can't help but notice the bright florals

With detailed step-by-step instructions

Some minor fading around the red stripe at rim

The Forgotten Art of Flower Cookery by Leona Woodring Smith - 1985 Edition First Printing farmhouse books If you are lucky enoughRediscover what our ancestors knew: that many flowers taste as sweet as they smell and, in addition, are excellent sources of vitamins and even protein. Leona Woodring Smith {HISTORY} Little did Leona Woodring Smith (1925 2008) know that a random visit to a gourmet shop in Washington DC in the late 1960s would eventually inspire five years of research and a book all about cooking with garden flowers. At the gourmet shop, Leona spotted candied violets