Exotic Fruit And Vegetable Handbook [Hardcover]

Oona Van Den Berg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2000

Bored with broccoli? Overdosed on oranges? Go exotic! More than ever, people are eating healthily--and that means fresh fruits and vegetables. Widen your food repertoire with 70 unusual kinds of produce from around the world, plus recipes for preparing these delicacies. Almost as delicious to look at as they are to taste, the colorful sensations include lychees: underneath the pinkish skin lies a "pearl"--a juicy, aromatic fruit the Chinese consider a symbol of romance. Or, turn the physalis, also called the Peruvian cherry, into flavorsome jams, compotes, or sauces. Make that bland dish sing with elephant garlic, hot chili peppers, and Chinese chives. There are tips on selection, sampling, storing, cooking, and serving, plus descriptions of taste and appearance. So, eat up!

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The ubiquity of rapid air transport means that exotic fruits and vegetables from all over the world arrive daily in the nation's supermarkets. Some fruits essentially unknown a few years ago have become commonplace--the kiwi being the most obvious example. Oona van den Berg introduces readers to a vibrantly colored world of new foods in The Exotic Fruit and Vegetable Handbook. Informed readers may argue that some items she catalogs--such as okra, pomegranates, and figs--aren't all that unusual, and watermelon is something any American shopper will recognize, but mangosteen, durian, and dozens more of their ilk are scarcely known by anyone save recent immigrants. Vivid photographs and helpful text elucidate such items as palm fruit, babacos, quince, and dragon fruit. An appendix of recipes offers ways to use these comestibles beyond their raw state. A savory dish of Congo potatoes with pancetta and coriander accents the potatoes' deep purple color. A useful reference guide, the book answers many questions about these seldom-seen edibles. Mark Knoblauch
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Diane Pub Co (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756773369
• ISBN-13: 978-0756773366
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,291,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exotic Fruits and Vegetable Handbook by Van den Berg, October 10, 2003

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This review is from: The Exotic Fruit and Vegetable Handbook (Cookery Handbook) (Hardcover)

This is a unique work which has such delicacies as custard
apple preparations from the Andes. The work describes the
palm fruit of South India and figs which are the native
fruits of Syria. This work describes the prized seaweed
vegetable of the sea. The author describes oriental mushrooms ; such as, enoki, shiitake and other meat substitutes.
The mushroom preparations are low in cholesterol with plenty
of amino acids and Vitamins A,B,C,D, and niacin.
This book will complete your collection of books on fine food.