Isbn: 9781851494736 - the olive tree of civilization (5 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. 96 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy, never read. No dust jacket as issued.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very mild shelfwear. I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by M.T. Train/Scala Books, 2004. Quarto. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed on title page. Book is like new.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

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HARDCOVER. Condizione: New. The Olive Tree of Civilisation has a rich and varied history. The gnarled tree and its fruits has been extolled by bards from Ovid and Homer to Kipling, Tennyson and Nerua. What other fruit provides light, is a fundamental ingredient in perfume and adds joy and flavour at the table? The ancients knew these virtues and olive oil became a key to their religious and political ceremonies, from the temples of Ra in Egypt where lamps burned olive oil, to the temple of Soloman, where kings were anointed with oil based ointments. Christ was offered a sip of oil on the cross; Hanukah is, at its origin, a festival to celebrate olive oil; the tree and its oil are found in the Koran. Today the oil is worshipped by chefs for its flavours and its colours. For decades, cooks and anthropologists have divided Europe along an olive oil/butter boundary; that line is vanishing as olive oil spreads around the globe. This book explores and brings to life the olives's glorious past, with chapters on the fruit's role in.…