ADAM LEITH GOLLNER
Tuesday, May 27 at 5:30 p.m.

Noted food write Adam Gollner, a contributor to Gourmet and Bon Appetit, visits with his delicious new book, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Scribner). Journalist Gollner's debut is a rollicking account of the world of fruit and fruit fanatics. He's traveled to many countries in search of exotic fruits, and he describes in sensuous detail some of the hundreds of varieties he's sampled ... Equally intriguing are some of the characters he's encountered ... Gollner's passion for fruit is infectious, and his fascinating book is a testament to the fact that there is much more to the world of fruit than the bland varieties on our supermarket shelves." - Publishers Weekly.

« previous | next »