Coffee table book - The Gourmand's Lemon. A Collection of Stories and Recipes

Finest Coffee table book with the title "The Gourmand's Lemon".

The deceptively simple lemon takes center stage in the second volume of TASCHEN's collaboration with The Gourmand, masters of the rich intersection between food and art. The star of Renaissance gardens that shaped the Medici dynasty, has the power to stave off scurvy, had a hand in forming the mob, and whose sap has been used as an invisible ink since 600 AD. for writing hidden messages, these happy yellow balls are ripe with intrigue.

The Gourmand charts the fruit's astonishingly intricate genealogy, explores its role as a literary device for the likes of Joan Didion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tom Wolfe, and James Joyce, and examines its unique representation of the American dream through lemonade stands.