Olive Odyssey

Olive Odyssey
Author :
Publisher : Greystone Books
Total Pages : 213
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781771000062
ISBN-13 : 1771000066
Rating : 4/5 (066 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Olive Odyssey by : Julie Angus

Download or read book Olive Odyssey written by Julie Angus and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Mediterranean travel memoir offers “an engaging mix of history, food travelogue, and botany lesson . . . There is much to enjoy here” (Library Journal). Inspired by her Syrian forebears’ intimate relationship with the olive, Julie Angus embarks on a voyage around the Mediterranean to unlock the secrets of the fruit that meant so much to them. Accompanied by her husband and their ten-month-old son, Angus collects samples from ancient trees to determine where the first olive tree originated; feasts on inky black tapenades and codfish drizzled with olive oil, among many other delights; witnesses the harvesting of olives in Greece; and visits perhaps the oldest olive tree in the world, on Crete. The result is a fascinating history and biography of this most influential and irresistible fruit. “It is a pleasure to try to keep up with this book; like its author, it covers an enormous amount of territory.” —Christopher Bakken, Wall Street Journal


Olive Odyssey Related Books

Olive Odyssey
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Julia Angus
Categories: Cooking
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd

GET EBOOK

Accompanied by her husband and their ten-month-old son, Angus collects samples from ancient trees to determine where the first olive tree originated, feasts on
Under Olive Trees
Language: en
Pages: 518
Authors: Bahous Sally Bahous
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-02 - Publisher: iUniverse

GET EBOOK

When Israel attacked Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, and Syria on June 5, 1967, husband and wife, Sally Bahous and Delmas Allen, knew that to ensure their safety they must
A Girl's Greek Odyssey
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Nicki Collins Geigert
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-03 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

This book follows Savannah, a teenager as she travels through Greece and Crete with her aunt and uncle. Her aunt captures her photographically, as she experienc
The Chemical Story of Olive Oil
Language: en
Pages: 373
Authors: Richard Blatchly
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-21 - Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

GET EBOOK

Despite the growing interest in olive oil, most people know very little about what it is or how it is made. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of oliv
Reading and Writing the Mediterranean
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Vincenzo Consolo
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-01-01 - Publisher: University of Toronto Press

GET EBOOK

Vincenzo Consolo is counted by many critics among the most significant voices in contemporary world literature. This volume makes available for the first in Eng