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Melon: A Global History
Sylvia Lovegren
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Description for Melon: A Global History
Hardback. A unique, lively history of sweet melons and watermelons. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 144 pages, 55 illustrations, 50 in colour. BIC Classification: JFCV; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 247 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Perfumed, sweet, succulent, cooling; a ripe melon can be one of the most delicious of fruits. Sylvia Lovegren untangles the melon's long and complex history and follows the journeys of the varied fruits known as melons from the sandy wastes of the Kalahari Desert, to the ancient kingdom of Ur in Mesopotamia, to the exotic oases of the Silk Road, and on to Jesuit outposts in Upper Canada, slave plantations in Brazil, Pueblo Indian gardens in the American southwest, and to the farmers in Japan who produce luscious and expensive square melons grown in glass boxes. While melons are appreciated ... Read more
Perfumed, sweet, succulent, cooling; a ripe melon can be one of the most delicious of fruits. Sylvia Lovegren untangles the melon's long and complex history and follows the journeys of the varied fruits known as melons from the sandy wastes of the Kalahari Desert, to the ancient kingdom of Ur in Mesopotamia, to the exotic oases of the Silk Road, and on to Jesuit outposts in Upper Canada, slave plantations in Brazil, Pueblo Indian gardens in the American southwest, and to the farmers in Japan who produce luscious and expensive square melons grown in glass boxes. While melons are appreciated ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Edible
Condition
New
Weight
348g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235844
SKU
V9781780235844
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Ref
99-15
About Sylvia Lovegren
Sylvia Lovegren is a freelance writer and cookbook collector. She is the author of Fashionable Food: Seven Decades of Food Fads (2005) and has contributed numerous articles to The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2004).
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