{"product_id":"fruits-of-the-philippines-doreen-g-fernandez","title":"Fruits of the Philippines (Doreen G. Fernandez)","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Fruits:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“It is not only the taste, or the freshness, but especially the memories, the beliefs, the associations — the whole cultural package — that makes the fruit more than food.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhich Fruits?:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“We decided that we would keep within the embrace of a layman’s definition. Although a fruit is indeed ‘a product of plant growth useful to men and to animals,’ we would not include grain and vegetables, but only those generally identified as \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebungangkahoy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebunga\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eprutas\u003c\/em\u003e, generally edible without cooking, often used as dessert or squeezed into juice or cooked into sweets… Each fruit would be identified first by its local names, then by its English name and by its leaves and flowers, but especially its fruit, how it is eaten, how it tastes, and how it figures in the culture (in folklore, in folk belief: its medicinal uses if any). We want to present pictures and drawings of the fruits in order to introduce them to the young, to foreigners, and to those who had not experienced them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book also includes traditional and new recipes that use the fruits mentioned in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited quantities available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImported from the Phillippines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback edition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Now Serving","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32718554791983,"sku":"01FRU1804","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0051\/1954\/1312\/products\/FruitsofthePhilippines.jpg?v=1602913493","url":"https:\/\/nowservingla.live\/products\/fruits-of-the-philippines-doreen-g-fernandez","provider":"Now Serving","version":"1.0","type":"link"}