Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Have you ever bitten into a luscious-looking peach only to find it dry, mealy and tasteless inside? Or sliced into that 20-pound watermelon you just lugged home from the store, anticipating something crisp and sweet but finding it bland and anemic instead?
It’s a common occurrence among fruit lovers. Little-known signs of perfect ripeness elude even the most experienced shoppers.
T. M. Gorman understands; she often eagerly sampled fruit only to experience profound disappointment. After some heavy research, she learned the secrets of proper fruit selection and shares her expertise in her new book, Fruit, The Ripe Pick.
This pocket-sized quick-reference guide describes 50 different fruits, from common everyday varieties to exotic rarities. Chapters are organized alphabetically for quick and easy access and show how to use sight, touch and smell to find prime ripe specimens.
Learning these valuable tips and techniques not only yields great-tasting fruit, but also saves time and money. You learn to identify the most popular varieties of each fruit, discover peak seasons and best times to buy, and acquire essential nutritional information, including vitamin and mineral content, calorie count, and fat/carbohydrate content.
If you crave a lusciously perfect watermelon, peach, pear, or one of those exotic tropical fruits showing up in produce sections these days, this handbook will show you how to select fruit for optimum freshness and taste.
This book also abounds in interesting historical facts and fascinating trivia about fruit that make it fun to read. At a retail price of only $9.95, this pocket-sized quick-reference is an affordable and entertaining way to uncover the mystery of proper fruit selection.
