1/04/2009 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #1 When ripe, the yellow and apricot-colored fruit of the marian plum (Bouea macrophylla Griff.) seem to glow among the tree's glossy green leaves. The ripe fruit of marian plum offers an edible, crisp skin and juicy flesh. Besides being eaten raw as a dessert...
Explore the delectable world of tropical fruits. Each fruit is illustrated to show the external and internal features, with detailed descriptions including appearance, distinguishing features and uses. Recipes, especially unusual ones are given where appropriate.
Everything from soup to nuts-appetizers, soups, relishes, wines and liqueurs. Included are 140 recipes for 42 tropical fruits, each of which is fully described and illustrated in full color. Also included is information on calories and vitamins as well as directions for freezing, wine making,...
1/01/2003 This book advances our knowledge and appreciation of a truly extraordinary tropical fruit. For centuries, the jackfruit was a culinary staple and tradition in tropical Asia. Today, its seductive lure has reached the Americas with an exciting collection of new cultivars and modern management...
1/01/1998 This is the third volume in a series on tropical and subtropical fruits. The editors collaborated with 24 scientists in preparation of this current volume, which contains 14 chapters covering 23 fruits. Major processed fruits covered are mango and pineapple. Emerging fruit crops that are...
1/01/1991 Here is a guide to the vast array of exotic fruits and other delicious edibles from the sunny tropics and subtropics. It lists and illustrates more than 70 useful plants and gives growing instructions, sources, recipes, and fascinating facts about each one.
1/01/1993 Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit is filled with interesting details about 141 tropical fruit and nuts. It explains how to identify, harvest or purchase, and how to store or tell the ripeness, and how to eat tropical fruit.
Five Decades with Tropical Fruit is the personal journey of WIlliam Francis Whitman. This 496-page book contains his collected papers and hundreds of photographs extending back to when he got the tropical fruit "bug" on a 1947 trek to Tahiti. 2 Copies