The Pecan Tree

Rating:
Summary: A nice little book
Review: This book apparently is written for the housewife who likes serving pecan nuts or likes baking pecan pies and wants to have some background information. It is very nicely printed, nicely bound and nicely written, with brief easy-to-digest chapters.

There is a modest number of recipes, and a modest bit of natural history. Most of the book is on the history of the pecan growing industry, with a select few historical b&w photographs, and plenty of historical tidbits. This book will make a lovely gift.

My major criticism is that the pecan tree, as a tree, is almost lost from sight, with only a single color picture of a tree and no picture of leaves or flowers (however, nuts are featured infull color). Also the bit on the botanical name is ... Well, let's say if it was a recipe it would yield an inedible product.