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This Mediterranean travel memoir offers âan engaging mix of history, food travelogue, and botany lesson . . . There is much to enjoy hereâ (Library Journal).  Inspired by her Syrian forebearsâ intimate relationship with the olive, Julie Angus embarks on a voyage around the Mediterranean to unlock the secrets of the fruit that meant so much to them. Accompanied by her husband and their ten-month-old son, Angus collects samples from ancient trees to determine where the first olive tree originated; feasts on inky black tapenades and codfish drizzled with olive oil, among many other delights; witnesses the harvesting of olives in Greece; and visits perhaps the oldest olive tree in the world, on Crete. The result is a fascinating history and biography of this most influential and irresistible fruit.  âIt is a pleasure to try to keep up with this book; like its author, it covers an enormous amount of territory.â âChristopher Bakken, Wall Street Journal |
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