PublishedPenguin, April 2000 |
ISBN9780140469981 |
FormatSoftcover, 528 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 3.3cm |
The companion to "Vegetable Book", this is an alphabetical guide to fruit, from apple, apricot and arbutus to sorb apple, strawberry and water-melon. The author adds fragments of history or poetry, and explains the "why' as well as the "how" of cookery.