Figs : a global history / David C. Sutton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutton, David C.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Edible

Edible series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fig.

Fig--History.

Cooking (Figs).

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2014.

System Details:

text file

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:

Introducing the fig

The fruit of paradise

A botanical curiosity

Origins in Arabia and Mesopotamia

Figs in ancient Greece

Figs in ancient Rome

The crusaders and figs in medieval Europe

All around the world : the modern history

'Not worth a fig' or the fruit of heaven?

Recipes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780233925

1780233922

Publisher Number:

99984647771

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.