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Pomegranate : a global history / Damien Stone.
- Title
- Pomegranate : a global history / Damien Stone.
- Author
- Stone, Damien
- Publication
- London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2017.
- ©2017
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- Description
- 150 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 21 cm
- Summary
- This book offers a unique look at an alluring fruit that has figured in our culinary consciousness from the gardens of the ancient world to the health-food section of supermarkets. It takes us back to the early polytheistic religions and the important role that pomegranates had in their rituals. From there he shows how they came to be held in high esteem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike, examining exciting new findings that further cement their importance: for instance, many historians believe now that it was a pomegranate, not an apple, that was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Stone examines the allure that the pomegranate has had to a fascinating cast of famous figures, from ancient Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal to Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, from Sandro Botticelli to Salvador Dalí. Drawing on text, image, and taste, Pomegranate is a cornucopia of strange and fascinating stories about a very special fruit.
- Series Statement
- Edible
- Uniform Title
- Edible
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- cookbooks.
- Cookbooks
- History
- Cookbooks.
- Livres de cuisine.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- The primordial pomegranate : the fruit in myth -- Pomegranates in the ancient world -- Jewish and Islamic pomegranates -- Medieval pomegranates -- Pomegranate production and culture today -- The pomegranate in modern literature, art and film -- Appendix : pomegranate cultivars.
- ISBN
- 9781780237497
- 1780237499
- OCLC
- 957507898
- SCSB-11495717
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library