Sunday, February 8, 2009

Deliciosas Frutas Tropicales or Ice Crop

Deliciosas Frutas Tropicales

Author: Liliana Villegas

With its tropical climate, coasts on two oceans, high mountains, and dense jungles, Colombia produces or is capable of producing almost every variety of fruit. Given the trend toward healthier and leaner cuisine, fruit is a timely culinary subject. This volume rescues the best of culinary knowledge of the most exquisite, exotic tropical fruits, and opens the door to healthy, marvelous gastronomic experiences. With historical and cultural information on thirty-two different fruits that are produced in Colombia, their main varieties, uses, interesting trivia and medicinal and beauty tips, this book opens the door to a world of food that is increasingly available in this country and that is immediately familiar to anyone who has lived in or visited the tropics.



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Ice Crop

Author: Theron Hiles

Frontispiece.....2 Title Page.....3 Preface.....5 Chapter I, An Historical Sketch.....7-11 Chapter II, Legal and Sanitary Methods.....11-14 Chapter III, Cutting and Storing Ice.....14-42 Chapter IV, Construction of Commercial Ice Houses.....43-55 Chapter V, The Care, Handling and Marketing of Ice.....56-62 Chapter VI, The Use of Ice in Refrigeration--- Refrigerator Ice House for Use in Farming, Cutting Ice in Small Quantities for Farm and Family Use, Co-op- eration with the Ice Crop..... 62-83 Chapter VII, Artificial Ice and Cold Air Machines.....84-91 Chapter VIII, Ice in Transportation.....91-96 Chapter IX, Retarding Houses Without Ice--- Miscellaneous Hints.....96-101 Chapter X, Recipes for Iced Food and Beverages.....101-114 List of Illustrations.....115-116 Index.....117-122



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