Allium ampeloprasum. Henry purchased these magnificent leeks at our local Safeway store and drew them at home in St. Helena, California. When he finished the drawing, he braised the leeks, making a savory addition to our evening meal. Leeks are one of our oldest cultivated vegetables. According to Waverly Root, “Herodotus reported that leeks were among the rations of the workers who built the pyramids, and Cheops is on record as having paid his court magician a fee of 1000 pears, 100 pitchers of beer, an ox, and 100 bunches of leeks.” —Marsha Onomiya Evans
139 copies were printed and sell for $300 each.