Olive: Tree of Civilization
Author: John Train
The Olive Tree of Civilisationhas a rich and varied history. The gnarled tree and its fruits has been extolled by bards from Ovid and Homer to Kipling, Tennyson and Nerua. What other fruit provides light, is a fundamental ingredient in perfume and adds joy and flavour at the table? The ancients knew these virtues and olive oil became a key to their religious and political ceremonies, from the temples of Ra in Egypt where lamps burned olive oil, to the temple of Soloman, where kings were anointed with oil based ointments. Christ was offered a sip of oil on the cross; Hanukah is, at its origin, a festival to celebrate olive oil; the tree and its oil are found in the Koran. Today the oil is worshipped by chefs for its flavours and its colours. For decades, cooks and anthropologists have divided Europe along an olive oil/butter boundary; that line is vanishing as olive oil spreads around the globe. This book explores and brings to life the olives's glorious past, with chapters on the fruit's role in
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Rose Elliot's Pasta Pocketbook: 100 Fast, Fresh and Fabulous Suppers
Author: Rose Elliot
Pasta remains one of the UK's foremost staple foods. It is fast, healthy, and perfect for quick and easy suppers. With 100 recipes, each recipe is designed to take no longer than 20 minutes and most will take 15. Organized by type of sauce—tomato, cream, pesto, etc.—all the recipes make the most of modern, fresh, Mediterranean-style ingredients. Pop it into your handbag or pocket, then go supermarket shopping!
Table of Contents:
| Pasta basics | 6 | |
| Pasta sauces | 12 | |
| 1 | Creamy pasta | 21 |
| 2 | Garlicky pasta | 45 |
| 3 | Mushroomy pasta | 87 |
| 4 | Tomatoey pasta | 113 |
| 5 | Veggie pasta | 157 |
| Index | 220 |
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