Download or read book Somewhere Between the Stem and the Fruit written by Gwen Frost and published by Broadstone Books. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Women's Studies. Young Adult. Somewhere between the stem and the fruit is that paradoxical nexus, the point that is both connection and separation, from where you came, to what you are becoming, the scene of the severing, the letting go, the stepping away, the necessary violence and the radical isolation required to be oneself, wholly. And, perhaps, holy. "The poems are written / before they occur to me," Gwen Frost declares at the conclusion of her shattering first collection. "Something about a scar, something about a hymn." She says that poetry saved her life, making this volume a document of that on-going process of healing, and a gift and a hope for others on the same journey. Foremost, it is a document of a contemporary young woman negotiating her way through a perilous world. "Turns out, there are a million different ways to kill a girl," she observes in "Watch," a poem that references Hitchcock's advice to "torture the women" in order to make a popular film, and by extension the misogynistic voyeurism that fetishizes violence against women. This book documents more than a few of those ways, and nowhere more chillingly than in the poem "sticking heads in the sand," in which the query "How was your summer?" follows up almost casually with another question, "What was your rapist's name?" In the inventory of anticipated experience for a young woman, "summer love and sexual assault / adventures and attacks" go hand in hand, "heads pushed into sand" both an act of violence and an act of willful forgetting. Gwen Frost won't forget, and won't let us forget. She is fiercely self-examining and self-revealing, admitting her chief fear is "what I am capable of, I am afraid / that I could kill a man, / and I am afraid / that I might like it." In lieu of this (perhaps understandable) act of violence, she exorcises and expiates through her verse. In the process, she might save us along with herself. She concludes that she "will write one, unshareable poem, / and I will let it die with me, simple and / forever, folded neatly in my throat." This is her one prediction that we must hope is untrue, for we need her to write many, many more poems, and to share them for many years to come.
Download or read book Glycoalkaloids in Tomatoes Eggplants Pepper and Two Solanum Species Growing Wild in the Nordic Countries written by Christer Andersson and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World written by Rolf Blancke and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical fruits such as banana, mango, papaya, and pineapple are familiar and treasured staples of our diets, and consequently of great commercial importance, but there are many other interesting species that are little known to inhabitants of temperate regions. What delicacies are best known only by locals? The tropical regions are home to a vast variety of edible fruits, tubers, and spices. Of the more than two thousand species that are commonly used as food in the tropics, only about forty to fifty species are well known internationally. Illustrated with high-quality photographs taken on location in the plants’ natural environment, this field guide describes more than three hundred species of tropical and subtropical species of fruits, tubers, and spices. In Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World, Rolf Blancke includes all the common species and features many lesser known species, including mangosteen and maca, as well as many rare species such as engkala, sundrop, and the mango plum. Some of these rare species will always remain of little importance because they need an acquired taste to enjoy them, they have too little pulp and too many seeds, or they are difficult to package and ship. Blancke highlights some fruits—the araza (Eugenia stipitata) and the nutritious peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) from the Amazon lowlands, the Brunei olive (Canarium odontophyllum) from Indonesia, and the remarkably tasty soursop (Annona muricata) from Central America—that deserve much more attention and have the potential to become commercially important in the near future. Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World also features tropical plants used to produce spices, and many tropical tubers, including cassava, yam, and oca. These tubers play a vital role in human nutrition and are often foundational to the foodways of their local cultures, but they sometimes require complex preparation and are often overlooked or poorly understood distant from their home context.
Download or read book North American Pinot Noir written by John Winthrop Haeger and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-09-14 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference guide to Pinot Noir wine in North America, including historical and viticultural background and profiles of six dozen prominent pinot producers in California, Oregon, British Columbia, New York, and elsewhere.
Download or read book The Fruit Hunters written by Adam Gollner and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal – fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds. Adam Leith Gollner weaves business, science, and travel into a riveting narrative about one of earth’s most desired foods. Readers will discover why even though countless exotic fruits exist in nature, only several dozen varieties are vailable in supermarkets. Gollner explores the political machinations of multinational fruit corporations, exposing the hidden alliances between agribusiness and government and what that means for public health. He traces the life of mass-produced fruits – how they are created, grown, and marketed, and he explores the underworld of fruits that are inaccessible, ignored, and even forbidden in the Western world. Gollner draws readers into a Willy Wonka-like world with mangoes that taste like piña coladas, orange cloudberries, peanut butter fruits, and the miracle fruit that turns everything sour sweet, making lemons taste like lemonade. Peopled with a varied and bizarre cast of characters – from smugglers to explorers to inventors – this extraordinary book unveils the hidden universe of fruit.
Download or read book Dwarf Fruit Trees written by F. A. Waugh and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dwarf Fruit Trees is a horticultural manual by F.A. Waugh. The author provides a full how-to on the propagation, pruning and growing of different types of dwarf fruit trees for householders.
Download or read book Trading the Fruits of the Land written by Tjalling Dijkstra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997, this volume contributes to the knowledge for the trade of vegetables, fruits and tubers (so-called horticultural commodities). As African policy makers try to keep pace with new developments in private food trade, they require knowledge of the structures of private trade systems and the factors that govern their long-term development. The study analyses the structure and development of horticultural marketing channels in Kenya. It is based primarily on surveys of some 500 farmers in four districts and 750 horticultural traders in 18 market places. Commercial horticultural farmers, domestic traders, export traders, agents, facilitators, marketing cooperatives and processors are all reviewed. The study devotes special attention to the efficiency of collecting wholesalers, and to the development of rural assembly markets. It develops a model which can elucidate vertical differentiation processes in the Kenyan horticultural channels. The analyses show that marketing channel theory can be of great relevance to the developing world. The proposed vertical differentiation model can aid in predicting future changes in horticultural marketing systems, in Kenya as well as in other African countries.
Download or read book Taunton s Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables and Herbs written by Ruth Lively and published by Taunton Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First-rate gardening pros share their expertise on designing a garden of any size, as well as fundamentals about soil, irrigation, pest control, crop rotation, and more.
Download or read book Rhizosphere Dynamics written by Luther Hammond and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AAAS Selected Symposia Series was begun in 1977 to provide a means of more permanently recording and more widely disseminating some of the valuable material which is discussed at the AAAS Annual National Meetings. The volumes in the Series are based on symposia held at theMeetings which address topics of current and continuing significance, both within and among the sciences, and in the areas in which science and technology have an impact on public policy. The Series format is designed to provide for rapid dissemination of information, so the papers are reproduced directly from camera-ready copy. The papers are organized and edited by the symposium arrangers who then become the editors of the various volumes. Most papers published in the Series are original contributions which have not been previously published, although in some cases additional papers from other sources have been added by an editor to provide a more comprehensive view of a particular topic. Symposia may be reports of new research or reviews of established work, particularly work of an interdisciplinary nature, since the AAAS Annual Meetings typically embrace the full range of the sciences and their societal implications.
Download or read book Self imposed Exile written by Gwen Frost and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you are reading this, say aloud / what you most fear," Gwen Frost instructs in the opening poem from her second collection; a bit later she begins the middle section with the admonition "If you are reading this / you are not ready. / You are too early- / it has already passed." Through the progression of her poetry she deliberately challenges and unsettles her readers, preparing them for the question posed at the start of her final section, "Do you become the stories / you are told about yourself?" In response, she suggests that "The paradox of happiness / is that you are the story / and the writer. / Self-imposed exile / is leaving / and telling yourself, / you had to." Frost accepts such exile as the cost of embracing her otherness, from which perspective she observes our fractured world and forces us to do so with her: "are we not all a culture that teaches us to abuse power?" These are jarringly honest and vulnerable poems, perhaps best presented by "There Is No Poem about Bulimia" because "there is nothing poetic / about bulimia, because I thought poems should be beautiful or / relatable or vomit-free, I can't commit to a rhyme scheme about / bulimia, I thought, 'there should be no poem about bulimia'.... Forgiveness / would be too close to / Understanding / would be too close to / Love would be / Poetic / if I could / write / a poem / about / Bulimia." "There is one chance to say everything I have ever wanted to," she writes, "and I need to finish the book." Frost has finished this book, but readers must hope that a poetic voice as powerful and original as hers will return with far more to say"--
Download or read book The Joy of Keeping a Root Cellar written by Jennifer Megyesi and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, full-color guide to root cellaring—storing vegetables, meat, and more.
Download or read book Advances in Preservation and Processing Technologies of Fruits and Vegetables written by S. Rajarathnam and published by New India Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book consists of 19 chapters on different subjects and in different dimensions, with particular emphasis on the post-harvest handling and processing of fruits and vegetables, including mushrooms. Scope for the technology on fruits and vegetables, non-destructive methods to evaluate fresh quality, radiation preservation, chemistry of pectin and pigments and their applications, nutraceutical compounds, membrane processing of liquid fruits, dehydrated and intermediate moisture products, importance of bamboo and mushrooms as food, influence of process conditions on product quality, food additives in product preparation, packaging aspects, microbiological safety concerns, relevant analytical methods, mushroom nutraceuticals and bio-technological interventions for improvement of banana with a final note on conclusions in the last
Download or read book The Amazing Make Ahead Baby Food Book written by Lisa Barrangou and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can prepare three months’ worth of healthy, homemade baby food in just three one-hour blocks of time! Perfect for busy parents, Dr. Lisa Barrangou’s innovative plan features instructions for preparing, freezing, and effortlessly combining puree “building blocks” into quick, tasty meals. With fun combinations like Peachy Strawberry Salad, Coconutty Mango Lassi, Plum-Gingered Brocco-Quinoa, and Purple Papaya Flax Yogurt, The Amazing Make-Ahead Baby Food Book will help your baby cultivate an adventurous palate while providing a rainbow of nutrients.
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Download or read book Rhapsody of flavors written by Raquel Askenazi de Harari and published by RAQUEL ASKENAZI DE HARARI. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eating Healthily Who says healthy food isn't tasty? Eating healthily is not a synonym for unsavory or boring eating. Based on this premise, the recipes in this book have been adapted to today's preferences and generational shifts, offering a new approach whereby you can cook intelligently without compromising flavor. People used to say: "Eat anything you want and put on weight without guilt." Nowadays, however, people are much more educated when it comes to healthy eating habits; hence, there is an increasing awareness of the need for a diet lower in fat, sugar and calories. Variations One of the main appeals of this book is what the author calls "Variations." Beginning with a basic recipe, a variety of dishes can be created by simply changing a few ingredients, thus opening up a broad range of possibilities to set your imagination soaring for customizing the recipes to suit your own personal taste. The same principle applies when creating non-dairy, vegetarian and gluten-free dishes. Proven Recipes Rhapsody of Flavors contains 395 recipes and 433 "Variations," all tested and proven to be within the skills level of beginners and experts alike, all with clear, complete, step-by-step instructions. The book also explains the What(s)?, the How(s)? and the Why(s)?, as well as providing a complete glossary, tips and equivalence charts. Interactive Menus For those who lack the time to plan a new menu on a daily basis, the book offers 49 meat and 28 dairy menus, as well as options for Shabbat, holidays, barbecues, breakfasts and brunches; it also explains the essential techniques regarding the washing and cleaning of fruits, vegetables, and poultry, along with how to preserve and freeze all types of food, how to equip a kitchen, plus tips on how set up your own buffet.
Download or read book Survival by Association written by Barbara Marian Welch and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The establishment of the European Economic Community in 1957 put preferential agreements with non-European trading partners in jeopardy, suggesting the spectre of economic ruin for small Caribbean territories dependent on only one or two crops. Yet, surprisingly, certain industries, notably the banana industry, are still vital elements in Eastern Caribbean economics almost forty years later. How have they survived? Barbara Welch attempts to answer this question by comparing the banana industries of Dominica, St Lucia, Martinique, and Guadeloupe and analysing the critical role of the banana growers' associations in preserving a precarious status quo.
Download or read book Spontaneous Human Combustion written by Richard Thomas and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2022 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE A TOR NIGHTFIRE MOST EXCITING HORROR BOOK OF 2022 "In range alone, Richard Thomas is boundless. He is Lovecraft. He is Bradbury. He is Gaiman." —Chuck Palahniuk With a Foreword by Brian Evenson In this new collection, Richard Thomas has crafted fourteen stories that push the boundaries of dark fiction in an intoxicating, piercing blend of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Equally provocative and profound, each story is masterfully woven with transgressive themes that burrow beneath the skin. A poker game yields a strange prize that haunts one man, his game of chance now turned into a life-or-death coin flip. A set of twins find they have mysterious new powers when an asteroid crashes in a field near their house, and the decisions they make create an uneasy balance. A fantasy world is filled with one man’s desire to feel whole again, finally finding love, only to have the shocking truth of his life exposed in an appalling twist. A father and son work slave labor in a brave new world run by aliens and mount a rebellion that may end up freeing them all. A clown takes off his make-up in a gloomy basement to reveal something more horrifying under the white, tacky skin. Powerful and haunting, Thomas’ transportive collection dares you to examine what lies in the darkest, most twisted corners of human existence and not be transformed by what you find.
