The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with Recipes)

The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (with Recipes) by Kate Lebo

This book identifies a "difficult" fruit for each letter of the alphabet from A-Z. Some of the "fruits" are acknowledged as not really fruit (such as sugar cane). You have to make some compromises to get every letter. The reason for difficulty differ from fruit to fruit. Sugar requires elaborate preparation. Huckleberries have not been cultivated and must be foraged in the appropriate region. Blackberries are invasive and thorny. Pomegranates take significant effort to extract the arils. The author has lived primarily in the Pacific Northwest and those of the region are most represented. However, there are plenty from other areas (like durian aka stinky fruit.) The author includes personal experiences with the various fruits, which may be foraging, life experiences related to a recipe, or simply trying to find the fruit at an ethnic grocer.