![]() M is for Medlar, name-checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. D is for Durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifting odor-peaches, old garlic. Inspired by twenty-six fruits, the essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends natural, culinary, medical, and personal history.Ī is for Aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes-stainer, superfruit with reputed healing power. The connection between food and land is never forgotten, and the writing is superb.” ![]() “Weaving botanical and medicinal histories, relationships between people and land, and the idea of nourishment, this book (which includes recipes) is inventive and charming, but it’s also profound and deeply felt. ![]() Alex Beggs, The New York Times Book Review The Book of Difficult Fruit is brimming with obscure knowledge that’s going to loom over every gin martini I drink for the next decade, and there are fantastic recipes too. often fascinating, sometimes juicy, rarely dry. Unusual and piquant, this… will hit the spot with readers hungry for something a little different.” - Publishers Weekly, starred Eloquent, well-researched, and thoughtfully conceived and organized, this genre-defying book will appeal to foodies as well as those who appreciate both fine writing and the pleasures of domestic arts and crafts. Out now from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in the US and Picador in the UK. ![]()
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