Ripe: The Search for the Perfect Tomato

by Arthur Allen

Book Overview

The tomato. As savory as any vegetable, as sweet as its fellow fruits, the seeded succulent inspires a cult-like devotion from food lovers on all continents. The people of Ohio love the tomato so much they made tomato juice the official state beverage. An annual food festival in Spain draws thousands of participants in a 100-ton tomato fight. The inimitable, versatile tomato has conquered the cuisines of Spain and Italy, and in America, it is our...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582434263
• ISBN13: 9781582434261
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"