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The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.



Wisewoman’s Cookery: Food, Sex, Magic & Merriment

In this episode I’m talking about a fabulous book that involves interesting uses of plants. ‘Wisewoman’s Cookery: Food, Sex, Magic & Merriment’ is written by Shannon Loeber and Mary Edwards, and is ‘a guide to aphrodisiac cooking, sensual simples and folklore erotica’.



Authors Shannon Loeber and Mary Edwards

Shannon and Mary have come on the show to explain how they came to write this book, to tell us about their garden and their favourite sensual plants , to talk about the links between good food and well-bring and to offer you the chance to win a copy of their book!

To be in with a chance of winning, listen to the show and then let us know which plant you would most want to have with you if you were marooned on a deserted island with your lover. Email me your answer, together with your name and address, before the end of June. Shannon, Mary & I will pick our favourite answers to be the winner, and we may read some of the responses out on the show. We will never pass your details onto anyone else! Shannon & Mary are happy to send the books anywhere in the world, so get your thinking caps on :)

If you want to know more about the book then you can read the review on my blog and visit the Wisewoman’s Cookery website. You can buy a copy of the book online via Chapters.indigo.ca or Amazon.ca.

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