Helen Leach

Author of The cook's garden : for cooks who garden and gardeners who cook

18+ Works 109 Members 0 Reviews

About the Author

Helen Leach is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago. Her most recent book, The Pavlova Story: A Slice of New Zealand's Culinary History (Otago University Press, 2008),.was a finalist in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards in 2009.

Includes the names: Helen Leach, Helen M. Leach, Helen May Keedwell Leach

Image credit: Helen Leach [credit: University of Otago]

Works by Helen Leach

Cultivating myths : fiction, fact & fashion in garden history (2000) 11 copies

From Kai to Kiwi Kitchen: New Zealand Culinary Traditions and Cookbooks (2010) — Editor — 9 copies

The Cook's Salad Garden (1997) 8 copies

The Cook's Herb Garden (2001) 8 copies

The Pavlova Story: A Slice of New Zealand's Culinary History (2008) 7 copies

1,000 Years of Gardening in New Zealand (1984) 6 copies

The New Zealand Bread Book (1981) 6 copies

Kitchens: The New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century (2014) 4 copies

Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay (1979) 4 copies

The cook's salad garden revisited: a New Zealand guide to growing & preparing salads (2010) 3 copies

Country Weathervanes to Stencil 2 copies

The Cook's Herb Garden Revisited: A New Zealand Guide to Growing and Using Culinary Herbs (2010) 2 copies

Culinary treasures of the Hocken collections (2008) 1 copy

Subsistence patterns in prehistoric New Zealand;: A consideration of the implications of seasonal and regional… (1969) 1 copy

A hundred years of Otago archaeology;: A critical review (Records of the Otago Museum. Anthropology, no. 6) (1972) 1 copy

The Cook's Bread Book (1989) 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

Going to the Fair (Early Success) (1995) — Illustrator — 49 copies

Tagged

and Africa (1) anthropology (1) antiquities (1) art (1) Australia (1) Box 12 (1) bread (2) cookery (8) cooking (12) culinary (1) currently-reading (1) dining room bookcase (3) FG (1) food (8) food writing (1) gardening (21) gardening history (2) gardens (1) herbs (5) history (4) horticulture (1) In Fiji (1) local history (1) Maori (1) Middle East (1) N.Z.Gardening (3) New Zealand (20) New Zealand gardens (1) non-fiction (6) Pavlova (2) Peel Forest (1) Prehistoric peoples (1) propagation (3) recipes (10) salads (2) shelved (2) Shipped to Fiji (1) to-read (1) vegetables (9) vegetarian (2)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Leach, Helen May Keedwell
Other names: Leach, H. M.
Gender: female
Nationality: New Zealand
Education: University of Otago
Occupations: Emeritus Professor
anthropologist
cookery scholar
Relationships: Tichborne, Nancy (sibling)
Browne, Mary (sibling)
Organizations: University of Otago

Members

Awards

By Award By Work

Ockham New Zealand Book Award

Kitchens: The New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century (Longlist – General Non-Fiction – 2016)

Statistics

Works: 18
Also by: 1
Members: 109
Popularity: #178,011
Rating: 3.9

ISBNs: 22

Charts & Graphs

See More Charts & Graphs

Helen Leach

Author of The cook's garden : for cooks who garden and gardeners who cook

About the Author

Works by Helen Leach

Associated Works

Tagged

Common Knowledge

Members

Awards

You May Also Like

Associated Authors

Statistics

Charts & Graphs

Pictures

Links

Helper Hub

Is This You?