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[A] glorious mash-up of memoir, love note, and cookbook . . . Every sentence is as sensuous as the first bite into a cold, juicy plum. Hillary Kelly, Vulture

[A] dazzling, thorny new essay collection. Samin Nosrat, The New York Times

Inspired by twenty-six fruits, the essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends natural, culinary, medical, and personal history.

A is for aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes-stainer, superfruit with reputed healing power. D is for durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifting odorpeaches, old garlic. M is for medlar, name-checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. Q is for quince, which, when fresh, gives off the scent of roses and citrus and rich women's perfume, but if eaten raw is so astringent it wicks the juice from one's mouth.

In a work of unique invention, these and other

The Book of Difficult Fruit

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      Publisher Picador USA
      Published 12 April 2022
      ISBN-13 9781250829474
      978-1250829474
      ISBN-10 125082947X
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      Essays Cookery Cookery / food by ingredient / food groups

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      [A] glorious mash-up of memoir, love note, and cookbook . . . Every sentence is as sensuous as the first bite into a cold, juicy plum. Hillary Kelly, Vulture

      [A] dazzling, thorny new essay collection. Samin Nosrat, The New York Times

      Inspired by twenty-six fruits, the essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends natural, culinary, medical, and personal history.

      A is for aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes-stainer, superfruit with reputed healing power. D is for durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifting odorpeaches, old garlic. M is for medlar, name-checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. Q is for quince, which, when fresh, gives off the scent of roses and citrus and rich women's perfume, but if eaten raw is so astringent it wicks the juice from one's mouth.

      In a work of unique invention, these and other

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