The Great Citrus Book: A Guide with Recipes

by Allen Susser

The juiciest entry yet in our tall, skinny, and oh-so-successful Great series (other strong sellers in this intriguing gift format have included Mark Miller's GREAT CHILE BOOK and GREAT SALSA BOOK, Jennifer Trainer Thompson's HOT SAUCES and BEER books, and others). Now-renowned chef Allen Susser, one of new-world cuisine's most exciting innovators, not only demystifies almost 100 citrus fruits (with accompanying full-color photography) but offers dozens of fresh, taste-tingling recipes for everything from Ginger Grilled Grapefruit with Orange Blossom Honey to Lemon Red Snapper with Spicy Green Coconut Rice, Sour Orange Game Hen with Plantain Fritters to Frozen Key Lime Pie. A sun-splashed eye-catching treasure.

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

Reviews

[Steve]

The Great Citrus Book is a delightful guide to, you guessed it, citrus. The book starts with 12 pages dedicated to the history of citrus, information about its prime growing regions, 9 shapes that citrus fruits take, the principal parts of a citrus and then the various classifications within the genus. The author then provides a brief description of approximately 100 distinct citrus fruits. Included with each description are factoids about the discovery and breeding of each fruit. The author's love of citrus shines through. If you are the type that buys lots of varieties of citrus and then lines up samples for a flight (like me), then check out this book.