{"product_id":"9780762770601","title":"A Potted History of Fruit: A Kitchen Cornucopia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo beautifully illustrated little giftbooks\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWhether to escape the rat race, help save the planet, economize, or all of the above, people are heading back to the land. Backyard gardens have never been so popular, farmers markets are abundant with seasonal and local produce, and a healthy nostalgia for growing heirloom plants is in vogue.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThese two books embrace this idea by reacquainting the reader with the origins, nature, and peculiarities of the world’s produce. Among the many revelations in their pages: apples have been cultivated by humans for at least three millennia, fresh pineapple juice can be used as a meat tenderizer, carrots were once purple, and potatoes were originally kept as ornamental rather than edible plants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCombining beautiful reproductions of the finest nineteenth-century botanical illustrations with a miscellany of fascinating facts and extraordinary histories, these are ideal giftbooks for the heirloom gardener, locavore, or conservationist.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Darton\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor with a passion for words, knowledge, and trivia. His published titles include a large number of dictionaries and miscellanies, such as the parody \u003ci\u003eSpott’s Miscellany\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the United Kingdom. \u003cb\u003eLorraine Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is a successful gardener and gardening writer with a passion for exotic and heirloom vegetables. Among her previous titles are\u003ci\u003e How to Read Gardens \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Shaker Book of the Garden\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48074700849392,"sku":"9780762770601","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780762770601_p0.jpg?v=1763642523","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780762770601","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}