Olive Odyssey Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit that Seduced the World
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Olive Odyssey Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit that Seduced the World

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Full Title

Olive Odyssey Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit that Seduced the World
Author(s)

Julie Angus
Edition
ISBN

9781771000062, 9781553655145
Publisher

Greystone Books
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

This Mediterranean travel memoir offers “an engaging mix of history, food travelogue, and botany lesson . . . There is much to enjoy here” (Library Journal).   Inspired by her Syrian forebears’ intimate relationship with the olive, Julie Angus embarks on a voyage around the Mediterranean to unlock the secrets of the fruit that meant so much to them. Accompanied by her husband and their ten-month-old son, Angus collects samples from ancient trees to determine where the first olive tree originated; feasts on inky black tapenades and codfish drizzled with olive oil, among many other delights; witnesses the harvesting of olives in Greece; and visits perhaps the oldest olive tree in the world, on Crete. The result is a fascinating history and biography of this most influential and irresistible fruit.   “It is a pleasure to try to keep up with this book; like its author, it covers an enormous amount of territory.” —Christopher Bakken, Wall Street Journal

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