The Angel Tree: The Enchanting Quest for the World's Oldest Olive Tree

by Alex Dingwall-Main

Book Overview

Quests are nothing new for travel writers. Some have toiled over a villa restoration in Tuscany. Some have pursued exotic culinary adventures. Alex Dingwall-Main, a landscape architect by day,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559707119
• ISBN13: 9781559707114
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Not just another predictable olive cookbook

Food fans of the humble olive will find here not another predictable olive cookbook, of which several are on the market already, but a unique history of the olive tree and a documentation of the quest for the world's oldest olive tree. Strangely enough, a fender-bending encounter between landscape architect Dingwall-Main and a rich Frenchman in Provence led to this horticultural exploration, which could have been featured in our gardening section, but deserves coverage here for its fine focus on olive tree and olive growing history in France, Spain and other European nations. The Angel Tree is simply enchanting.