The Fruit Hunters
“Delicious, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal — fruits have led nations to war, fueled dictatorships, and lured people into new worlds. An expedition through the bizarre and fascinating world of fruit, The Fruit Hunters is the engrossing story of one of earth’s most desired foods. In lustrous prose Adam Leith Gollner draws readers into a Willy Wonka-like world with mangoes that taste like piña coladas, orange cloudberries, peanut butter fruits, and the miracle fruit that turns everything sour sweet, making lemons taste like lemonade. Peopled with a cast of characters as varied and magical as the fruit — smugglers, inventors, explorers and epicures — this extraordinary book unveils the mysterious universe of fruit, from the jungles of Borneo to the prized orchards of Florida’s fruit hunters to American supermarkets. Gollner examines the fruits we eat and explains why we eat them — the scientific, economic, and aesthetic reasons; he traces the life of mass-produced fruits — how they are created, grown, and marketed; and he explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored, and even forbidden in the Western world. An intrepid journalist and keen observer of nature — both human and botanical — Adam Leith Gollner has written a vivid tale of horticultural obsession.”
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New York Times Hearts Fruit Hunters
May 31, 2008The New York Times Book Review on Sunday calls The Fruit Hunters ‘jaw-dropping,’ ‘lustrous,’ and ‘exhilarating.’ Click the link to read more!
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Canadian Tour
May 31, 2008Thank you America!
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Jerusalem In My Heart
May 31, 2008Jerusalem In My Heart live at Sala Rosa spetember 13th 2007
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West Coast
May 22, 2008West Coast Fruit Tour Begins On Monday May 26.
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A New Fruit Hunter Blog
May 22, 2008Dr. Richard J. Campbell and Noris Ledesma, the amazing curators of Tropical Fruit at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Florida recently started a blog. Check out their magical moments of mango discovery here