Cauliflower groups. In the 1st century AD, Pliny included what he called "cyma" among his descriptions of cultivated plants in "Natural History": ""Ex omnibus brassicae generibus suavissima est cyma,"" ("Of all the varieties of cabbage the most pleasant-tasted is "cyma""). Pliny's descriptions likely refer to the flowering heads of an earlier cultivated variety of "Brassica oleracea", but comes close to describing modern cauliflower. It is found in the writings of the Arab botanists Ibn al-'Awwam and Ibn al-Baitar, in the 12th and 13th centuries when its origins were said to be Cyprus. François Pierre La Varenne employed "chouxfleurs" in "Le cuisinier
Celtic antiques on the island of Menorca Celtic antiques on the island of Menorca "Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca" (Celtic antiques on the island of Menorca) is a book written by Menorcan erudite Joan Ramis i Ramis (1746-1819). It was published in Mahón in 1818 and is the first book/ treatise wholly dedicated to Prehistory in Spain. "Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca" was written during the last phase in the life of Joan Ramis y Ramis, who started writing it in 1814 and finished it with his death in 1819. Its main subject is (Menorcan) [history], grouping together all what he covered in