Our daily fruit! Not only is it delicious and healthy, but the fruits are true works of art. One can become addicted to their beauty (just the sight of peaches, pears, cherries, strawberries) as well as their taste. Rosemarie Gebauer, a botanist and literature lover, entertainingly discusses how these fruits were described in the past, in the Old Testament or in ancient writings, the role they play in paintings by old masters, and how they are celebrated in literature or folk songs. She also shares where the fruits come from, how they arrived to us, and how they are prepared or preserved. Botany is not overlooked either and is full of surprises: Did you know that strawberries, like hazelnuts, belong to the nut family, just like mulberries? That pumpkins and melons are classified as berries? That raspberries and blackberries...