Cover image for Pomona's lost children : a book of uncommon antique fruits
Pomona's lost children : a book of uncommon antique fruits
Title:
Pomona's lost children : a book of uncommon antique fruits
Author:
Stratton, Jay T., author.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Westfield, NY : Chautauqua Gorge Press, 2017.
Physical Description:
215 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary:
This fascinating cookbook and farm memoir tells the stories of a dozen and more old-fashioned fruits, delving into ethnobotany, mythology and linguistics as well as the cuisine of our ancestors.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction -- Currants -- Black currant -- Blackberry -- Persimmon -- Medlar -- Gooseberry -- Jostaberry -- Saskatoon -- Pawpaw -- Cornel -- Elderberry -- Epilogue: Wild black cherry, Chokecherry, Mayhaw, Rosehips, Rowanberry, Rowan dream -- Conversion tables.
ISBN:
9780999105108
Format :
Book