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"Very enticing to the moral taste... like lovers' kisses, it bites - it is a pleasure that touches pain, from the intensity and madness of its enjoyment," wrote poet Charles Lamb about the pineapple, the fruit that has fascinated the world. From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean island on November 4, 1493, the pineapple became an object of passion and desire, in a gastronomic romantic story followed by anthropologist Kaori O'Connor through time and cultures. The first explorers of the New World called the pineapple "the apple with which Eve must have tempted Adam." It was brought to Europe, where it could only be cultivated in greenhouses at great cost, and the pineapple became an elite craze, the fruit of kings and aristocrats.
Quickly established as the ultimate symbol of social status, London's social hostesses rented a pineapple at great cost for a single evening to be the centerpiece of their parties, while pineapples were also popular in the new American democracy, where they were a sign of hospitality and a favorite of George Washington. Celebrated in art and literature, pineapples remained seasonal luxuries for the wealthy until rapid shipping and then refrigeration brought them to the main markets of Europe and America, but these imported fruits were never as juicy as those consumed fresh and ripe in the tropics. Then the pineapple found its ideal home in Hawaii, and the invention of canning made the perfect golden fruit available and affordable throughout the year, and the fruit of kings became the Queen of Fruits for all. The book "Pineapple" is a gastronomic love story, enriched with vivid illustrations and irresistible recipes from around the world for consuming and drinking pineapple.
Pages: 128, Dimensions: 12x12cm
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- Reaktion Books
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- Shipping, Culture
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- English
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- 9781780231792
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