CITRUS: A HISTORY

Book ID/图书代码： 13560014B74765

English Summary/英文概要： Walk into your local grocery store and down the produce aisle, and you’ll find a dazzling array of citrus, from navel oranges and clementines to grapefruit and key limes—and sometimes even more exotic fare like the Japanese yuzu or the baboon lemon. Nearly 100 million tons of citrus are produced globally every year, but where did these fruits first come from? How did they find their way into the Western world? And how did they become both a culinary and cultural phenomenon? Pierre Laszlo here traces the spectacular rise and spread of citrus across the globe: from Southeast Asia in 4000 BC through North Africa and the Roman Empire to early modern Spain and Portugal, whose explorers introduced the fruits to the Americas during the 1500s. Blending scientific rigor with personal curiosity, Citrus ransacks over two millennia of world history, exploring the numerous roles that citrus has played in agriculture, horticulture, cooking, nutrition, religion, and art—from the Jewish feast of the Tabernacles through the gardens and courts of Versailles to the canvasses of Vincent van Gogh to the orange groves of southern California and the juicing industry of today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当你走进本地杂货店，在某一个产品走道间，你总会发现一系列令人眼花缭乱的柑橘属水果，从脐橙和克莱门氏小柑橘,到葡萄柚和青柠---有时候你或许还能见到更异域的品种，比如日本柚子或是狒狒柠檬。全球每年的柑橘科水果产量高达一亿吨，但这些水果最初究竟从何而来？它们是如何进入西方世界的？如何席卷西方厨房以及文化？皮埃尔•拉斯佐罗将在本书中追溯柑橘属在全球兴起和传播这一独特现象：从公元前4000年的东南亚，历经北非和罗马帝国，直至近代早期的西班牙和葡萄牙，其探险家在16世纪将水果引入美洲。融合了科学探索的精神与个人兴趣，《柑橘科史》一书彻底搜罗了两千多年的世界历史，探秘柑橘在农业、园艺、烹饪、营养、宗教及艺术等领域所扮演的各类重要角色---从犹太住棚节到凡尔赛宫廷的花园，甚至是文森特•梵高的画布，南卡罗来纳州橘子林，以及当今的果汁产业。（DC）

Awards/获奖情况：“拉斯佐罗……用大厨一般的热情带领读者们去探究有关于柑橘科水果的学问（作者是法国人），他融入了历史、经济、生物学以及化学，打造出了这样一本一定能让不同口味的读者都欣然一笑的书作。”—Natural History

“一切都非常有趣，奇特，含有丰富的学识，书有所值。”—《时代高等教育增刊》

“极具启发性……拉斯佐罗向读者们展示了，柑橘属水果简直就像一个化学元素宝藏，对人类而言极为重要—更巧的是，它们尝起来也极为美味。”—《周末泰晤士报》(UK)

“对柑橘属水果6000多年历史短小精炼的叙述，值得‘细细品味’”—《金融时报》

“你是否知道，目前有100万棵柑橘植物正在培育中，葡萄柚汁具有性功能增强作用？《柑橘科史》一书挖掘两千多年人类史，探究柑橘科水果走出亚洲传播到世界的过程，它们在美国的商业化，以及在全球范围内的持久影响力和象征意义。”—《新科学家》杂志

“Laszlo . . . has approached the lore of citrus fruit with the élan of a master chef (the man is French, after all), mixing history, economics, biology and chemistry to produce a book that will bring a smile to readers of every taste.”—Natural History “Altogether charming, eccentric, erudite, and definitely worth the price.”—Times Higher Education Supplement “Stimulating. . . . Laszlo shows that the citrus fruit ‘is a treasure trove of chemicals that are highly useful to humankind’—which also happens to taste wonderful.”—Sunday Times (UK) “A short but brilliant account of 6,000 years of citrus fruits that should be devoured with fervor.”—Financial Times “Did you know there are a billion citrus trees under cultivation, or that grapefruit juice may potentiate the effects of Viagra? Citrus mines over two millennia of history to explore the spread of these fruits out of Asia, their commercialization in the United States, and enduring symbolism the world over.”—New Scientist

About the Author/作者介绍： 皮埃尔•拉斯佐罗是列日大学和巴黎综合理工学院的荣誉化学教授。他还著有多部其他书籍，其中包括《盐：生命之粒》。

Pierre Laszlo is professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Liège and the école Polytechnique. He is the author of numerous works, among them Salt: Grain of Life.

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