Olive: A Global History

(Hardback)

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Olive: A Global History is one of the first books to delve deeply into one of the world's most mythical foods. It's also an everyday food: the oil from the olive fruit is present in our modern-day diet. Featuring a wealth of historical detail, useful descriptions of popular olive varieties from different countries, and delicious recipes from around the Mediterranean that showcase olives and olive oil, this book, for foodies and the health-conscious alike, will be a popular addition to all food lovers' bookshelves.

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"A fun, smartly written series appropriate for a popular audience that likes to eat . . . the Edible series books provide level-headed and enjoyable overviews of food culture . . . These will create a little library that any foodie will be proud to show off . . . aesthetically pleasing volumes with decent content that would make good presents."--Winterthur Portfolio, on the Edible series

"Lanza's little Olive book is as trim as the olive itself. . . . Lanza paints an interesting history of olives. . . . This book makes an excellent olive gift to yourself or to all olive-loving friends."

Author Bio

Fabrizia Lanza is a food scholar and owner of the Anna Tasca Lanza Sicilian cooking school, Sicily.