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Description for Oyster
Paperback. Oyster explores the animal's traditional associations with sex, seduction, and romance, as well as the literature, philosophy, art, jewellery and recipes that oysters and pearls have inspired throughout history. Series: Animal S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 61 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: PSVT3. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 192 x 134 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
As everybody knows, oysters are the ultimate aphrodisiac. Casanova is said to have eaten 50 raw oysters every morning with his mistress of the moment, in a bathtub designed for two. Whether oysters truly have exciting properties is open to debate, but like all seafoods, they contain high amounts of phosphorus and iodine, which are believed to be conducive to stamina. Author and food expert M.F.K. Fisher wrote: 'There are many reasons why an oyster is supposed to have this desirable quality ...Most of them are physiological, and have to do with an oyster's odour, its consistency, and probably its ... Read more
As everybody knows, oysters are the ultimate aphrodisiac. Casanova is said to have eaten 50 raw oysters every morning with his mistress of the moment, in a bathtub designed for two. Whether oysters truly have exciting properties is open to debate, but like all seafoods, they contain high amounts of phosphorus and iodine, which are believed to be conducive to stamina. Author and food expert M.F.K. Fisher wrote: 'There are many reasons why an oyster is supposed to have this desirable quality ...Most of them are physiological, and have to do with an oyster's odour, its consistency, and probably its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Animal S.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861892218
SKU
V9781861892218
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Ref
99-15
About Rebecca Stott
Rebecca Stott is Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, and is the author and co-author of many books including The Fabrication of the Late Victorian Femme Fatale (1992), Darwin and the Barnacle (2003) and Theatres of Glass: The Woman who Brought the Sea to the City (2003).
Reviews for Oyster
Her well-researched Oyster dazzles with its breadth of details and observations Gastronomica This fascinating, beautifully produced and illustrated account is based on worldwide scholarship with some pretty saucy stuff ... Altogether, this is a succulent little book. Tuck in! Country Life Stott's biography of the bivalve is a worthy addition to the canon The Independent This addictive book gives the ... Read more