Pineapple OConnor Kaori
Pineapple OConnor Kaori Poet Charles Lamb described the pineapple as -too ravishing for moral taste . . . Beloved by George Washington, a favorite of kings and aristocrats, the pineapple quickly…
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Pineapple OConnor Kaori
Poet Charles Lamb described the pineapple as -too ravishing for moral taste . . . Beloved by George Washington, a favorite of kings and aristocrats, the pineapple quickly achieved an elite status among fruits that it retains today. like lovers' kisses she bites--she is a pleasure bordering on pain, from fierceness and insanity of her relish.- From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean island in 1493, the pineapple has seduced the world, becoming an object of passion and desire.
O'Connor follows the pineapple across time and cultures, exploring how it was first transported to Europe, where it could only be grown at great expense in hothouses. Kaori O'Connor tells the story of this culinary romance in Pineapple, an intriguing history of this luscious fruit. The pineapple was the ultimate status symbol, she reveals--London society hostesses would even pay