Case 2 - Helen Leach

Helen Leach. Cultivating Myths: Fiction, Fact & Fashion in Garden History. Auckland: Godwit, 2000.

Helen Leach. Cultivating Myths: Fiction, Fact & Fashion in Garden History. Auckland: Godwit, 2000.

Helen Leach (1945-) is an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago whose research interests include the evolution of the human diet and prehistoric horticulture.

The youngest of the three Keedwell sisters, she was born in Wellington and attended Otago Girls’ High School from 1958-1962. She completed her PhD at the University of Otago in 1976 and has written (and co-written with her sisters) numerous books on garden history and food anthropology.

Helen Leach. Cultivating Myths: Fiction, Fact & Fashion in Garden History. Auckland: Godwit, 2000.

Helen Leach. Cultivating Myths: Fiction, Fact & Fashion in Garden History. Auckland: Godwit, 2000.
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Helen Leach. The Pavlova Story: a Slice of New Zealand’s Culinary History. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2008.

Helen Leach. The Pavlova Story: a Slice of New Zealand’s Culinary History. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2008.

Helen Leach. The Pavlova Story: a Slice of New Zealand’s Culinary History. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2008.

Helen Leach. The Pavlova Story: a Slice of New Zealand’s Culinary History. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2008.
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Helen Leach, Mary Browne and Raelene Inglis. The Twelve Cakes of Christmas: an Evolutionary History, with Recipes. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011.

Helen Leach, Mary Browne and Raelene Inglis. The Twelve Cakes of Christmas: an Evolutionary History, with Recipes. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011.

Helen Leach, Mary Browne and Raelene Inglis. The Twelve Cakes of Christmas: an Evolutionary History, with Recipes. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011.

Helen Leach, Mary Browne and Raelene Inglis. The Twelve Cakes of Christmas: an Evolutionary History, with Recipes. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011.
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Helen Leach. Kitchens: the New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2014.

Helen Leach. Kitchens: the New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2014.

Helen Leach. Kitchens: the New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2014.

Helen Leach. Kitchens: the New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Century. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2014.
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