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Pineapples |
Tuesday 1 April 2003 |
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 Pineapple fever among 18th Century English gardeners - why this exotic fruit became such a fashion statement and "the holy grail of every gardener in the civilised world".
Janet Gleeson talks about her new book Serpent in the Garden, an historical crime novel set in Georgian England, where a murder mystery begins in a conservatory of cultivated pineapples.
...and there will also be live pineapple cookery from food writer Lindsay Bareham who writes for the London Evening Standard and is the author of a number of cookery books including The Big Red Book of Tomatoes
Thai Green Duck Curry
Pineapple Kebabs With Angosturaand Spicey Pineapple Starter
Serpent in the Garden, Janet Gleeson, Published Bantham Press 03 March 2003, ISBN: 0593 050908
The Big Red Book of Tomatoes, Lindsay Bareham, Published Penguin Books 29 June 2000, ISBN: 014026244X
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