Robbing the bees : a biography of honey, the sweet liquid gold that seduced the world / Holley Bishop.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bishop, Holley.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honey.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 324 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Distribution:

New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Place of Publication:

New York : Free Press, 2005.

Summary:

A long overdue (almost ten million years) biography, history, celebration, and love letter to bees and their magical produce. To navigate her narrative, Bishop follows beekeeper Donald Smiley on his daily tasks in the steamy Florida panhandle. Combing passionate research, rich detail, and fascinating anecdotes, Robbing the Bees is a sumptuous look at the oldest and most delectable food in the world.

Contents:

1. Swamp Cache

2. The Bee Master

Fear

3. Robbing the Bees

Respect

4. Pollination

5. The Sting

Arrogance

6. Food, Wine, and Fishing

Time

7. Liquid Currency

8. War

9. Medicine Ball

Gratitude

10. Some Honey Recipes, Old and New.

Notes:

Designed by Laura Lindgren.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0743250214

OCLC:

56510206