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Pineapple: A Global History
Kaori O´connor
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Description for Pineapple: A Global History
Hardback. Series: Edible. Num Pages: 128 pages, 40 colour, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
'Too ravishing for moral taste ...like lovers' kisses she bites - she is a pleasure bordering on pain, from the fierceness and insanity of her relish' wrote the poet Charles Lamb about the pineapple, the fruit that seduced the world. From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean island on 4 November 1493, the pineapple became an object of passion and desire, in a culinary romance that anthropologist Kaori O'Connor follows across time and cultures. The first New World explorers called the pineapple the apple with which Eve must have tempted Adam. Transported to Europe where ... Read more
'Too ravishing for moral taste ...like lovers' kisses she bites - she is a pleasure bordering on pain, from the fierceness and insanity of her relish' wrote the poet Charles Lamb about the pineapple, the fruit that seduced the world. From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean island on 4 November 1493, the pineapple became an object of passion and desire, in a culinary romance that anthropologist Kaori O'Connor follows across time and cultures. The first New World explorers called the pineapple the apple with which Eve must have tempted Adam. Transported to Europe where ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
Edible
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780231792
SKU
V9781780231792
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Ref
99-2
About Kaori O´connor
Kaori O'Connor is an anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at University College London. In 2009 she won the prestigious Sophie Coe Award for Food History.
Reviews for Pineapple: A Global History
'Books in Reaktion's Edible series are paragons of their type; concise and flavourful, jammed with interesting facts, period photos and just a handful of recipes, in case you want to "do it yourself". I recommend these books to foodies and academics alike.' - Robert Sietsema, restaurant critic for The Village Voice 'Embellished with clever illustrations and a nice selection ... Read more