The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (Kate Lebo) Central America Her family's matriarchs found strength

Her family's matriarchs found strength and passion through food

Herbs for the Gourmet Gardener will inspire you to create a world of new shapes

Inspired by food straight from the sea and the land

adding depth to the inherent traditions of those who created them

The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (Kate Lebo) Central America Her family's matriarchs found strengthPaperback edition A is for Aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes stainer, superfruit with reputed healing power. D is for Durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifty odorpeaches, old garlic. M is for Medlar, name checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. Q is for Quince, which, fresh, gives off the scent of "roses and citrus and rich women's perfume" but if eaten raw is so astringent it wicks