The New Guide to Fruit

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful book - incomplete
Review: This book is subtitled: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fruits of the World.

This book is beautifully put together - many pictures generally handled in a frameless and visually pleasing manner. For the common fruits - apples, pears, etc. - it has a entries for the common varieties - a cooking vs. an eating apple for example. The book begins with useful information - equipment, preparation, storage etc. Then it devotes a chapter to each of the major fruit groups: 1. apples, pears, quinces and medlars 2. stone fruits 3. berries and currants 4. citrus fruits 5. exotic fruits 6. melons, grapes, figs and rhubarb

For each fruit it provides information on nuitrition, buying, storing, preparing and serve. The information is understandable and useful.

Why am I so stingy with the stars? Because citrus fruits, melons, and to a lesser extent berries that are readily available at my local supermarket, are not mentioned. "Comprehensive" to me means it should at least take a trip to a farmers' market or ethnic green grocer to find items not listed.

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful book - incomplete
Review: This book is subtitled: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fruits of the World.

This book is beautifully put together - many pictures generally handled in a frameless and visually pleasing manner. For the common fruits - apples, pears, etc. - it has a entries for the common varieties - a cooking vs. an eating apple for example. The book begins with useful information - equipment, preparation, storage etc. Then it devotes a chapter to each of the major fruit groups: 1. apples, pears, quinces and medlars 2. stone fruits 3. berries and currants 4. citrus fruits 5. exotic fruits 6. melons, grapes, figs and rhubarb

For each fruit it provides information on nuitrition, buying, storing, preparing and serve. The information is understandable and useful.

Why am I so stingy with the stars? Because citrus fruits, melons, and to a lesser extent berries that are readily available at my local supermarket, are not mentioned. "Comprehensive" to me means it should at least take a trip to a farmers' market or ethnic green grocer to find items not listed.