Figs : a global history / David C. Sutton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutton, David C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fig.

Fig--History.

Cooking (Figs).

History.

Physical Description:

128 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Summary:

Includes a selection of recipes, In ancient Rome dried figs were used instead of bread to feed marching armies, Figgy pudding, as demanded in the carol 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas', has been associated with Christmas since the sixteenth century, In southern Turkey fig brandy or raid is said to send people to bed happy and to provoke sweet dreams, Of all the figs harvested in the world, over 85 per cent are dried and over 10 per cent canned or bottled, while only about 3 per cent ate eaten fresh, Figs are believed to be an aphrodisiac in Turkey, and ate advertised as 'Turkish Viagra Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Fruit of Paradise 13

2 A Botanical Curiosity 25

3 Origins in Arabia and Mesopotamia 33

4 Figs in Ancient Greece 45

5 Figs in Ancient Rome 54

6 The Crusaders and Figs in Medieval Europe 62

7 All Around the World: The Modern History 70

8 'Not Worth a Fig' or the Fruit of Heaven? 93.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1780233493

9781780233499

OCLC:

870663442