A History of Herbalism with Emma Kay

<p>Neil’s guest today is historian and friend of the show Emma</p><p>Kay. Today we talk about Emma’s new book <em>A History of Herbalism: Cook, Cure</em></p><p><em>&amp; Conjure</em> which was published in June 2022.</p><p>We talk about the importance of herbs in medicine, magic and</p><p>food, and how these things were interconnected, the four humours, Anglo-Saxon</p><p>medical texts, the double standards surrounding men and women who practised</p><p>magic and medicine, two female pioneers of botany and herbalism, and narcotic</p><p>garden vegetables.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Emma’s book is published by Pen &amp;</p><p>Sword History: <a href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-Herbalism-Hardback/p/21395" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of-Herbalism-Hardback/p/21395</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Follow Emma on twitter @museumofkitchen</p><p>and Insta @emma_kay_author. Her website is <a href="http://www.museumofkitchenalia.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.museumofkitchenalia.com</a>. </p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><u>Things mentioned in today’s episode</u>:</p><p><br></p><p>Marianne North’s edited biography: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Recollections_of_a_Happy_Life/fdnVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Recollections_of_a_Happy_Life/fdnVAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Elizabeth Blackwell’s <em>A Curious</em></p><p><em>Herbal</em>: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Curious_Herbal_Containing_Five_Hundred/ogHjFWeztJAC?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Curious_Herbal_Containing_Five_Hundred/ogHjFWeztJAC?hl=en&amp;gbpv=0</a> </p><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Neil’s book <em>A Dark History of</em></p><p><em>Sugar</em> is available now from all bookshops as well as from the publisher Pen</p><p>&amp; Sword: <a href="https://www.pen-and-sw