Pomegranate Years

Author : Sarah Kafatou
Publisher : Paul Dry Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781589881402

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Pomegranate Years by Sarah Kafatou Pdf

"Unexpected, rare, and a revelation . . . Sarah Kafatou has given us a gentle-paced, keen-eyed lesson, day by day, in how to live as we get older.”―Rachel Hadas, author of Strange Relation: A Memoir of Marriage, Dementia, and Poetry and Poems for Camilla Pomegranate Years, an intimate account of three years lived on the island of Crete, documents a turbulent, stressful time of economic and political crisis in Greece. It is also deeply concerned with illness and death, as the author's husband Fotis Kafatos, a distinguished scientist, is increasingly affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Fotis remains a full human being, authentic and resilient despite his impairments. Sarah reflects on his situation, as well as on the vicissitudes of daily life, the practice of art, and current events in Greece, Europe, and the US. She takes long walks in the Cretan mountains and discovers hidden aspects of the island. Talks with friends, and her own historical awareness, provide her with a rich sense of belonging. As an account of a solitude, a couple, a family, and a culture, Pomegranate Years is concerned with the question of how to live well at any age, but especially as one grows older and a beloved life draws almost imperceptibly nearer to its end. "Pomegranate Years is full of the deepest questions: How should we live? How do we choose what to do—in our hours, in our lives, and in the days when the one we love is dying? What should we learn? (At this point in the author’s life, Beethoven and Arabic, among many other things.) Gorgeous descriptions of hiking in Crete interweave with thoughts on painting, piano (both playing and composition), poetry, fiction, literary translation (particularly Pushkin), history, and politics. Kafatou’s voice is compelling, inviting one to read further, read again. And with each re-reading one sees new ways to think about one’s own life. This brilliant and evocative memoir is an inspiration."—Grace Dane Mazur, author of The Garden Party

Author : Gregory Moiseyevich Levin
Publisher : Pomegranate Roads
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0964949768

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Pomegranate Roads by Gregory Moiseyevich Levin Pdf

A Memoir with pomegranates by famed Soviet botanist, Dr. Gregory Levin. Botany, history and myths, range of tastes and rometies, amisine, health benefits of the pomegrante. Adventurous tale of survival in USSR, accounts of treks across trans-caucasus and Central Asia in search of last wild pomegranates.

Author : Ali Sarkhosh,Alimohammad M. Yavari,Zabihollah Zamani
Publisher : CABI
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789240764

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The Pomegranate by Ali Sarkhosh,Alimohammad M. Yavari,Zabihollah Zamani Pdf

The pomegranate, Punica granatum L., is one of the oldest known edible fruits and is associated with the ancient civilizations of the Middle East. This is the first comprehensive book covering the botany, production, processing, health and industrial uses of the pomegranate. The cultivation of this fruit for fresh consumption, juice production and medicinal purposes has expanded more than tenfold over the past 20 years. Presenting a review of pomegranate growing, from a scientific and horticultural perspective, this book provides information on how to increase yields and improve short- and medium-term grower profitability and sustainability.

Author : Ibrahim Kahramanoglu,Serhat Usanmaz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781498768511

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Pomegranate Production and Marketing by Ibrahim Kahramanoglu,Serhat Usanmaz Pdf

In the past decade, many scientific studies were conducted on pomegranates, revealing that pomegranate fruit, flowers, bark, and leaves contain bioactive phytochemicals that are antimicrobial, reduce blood pressure, and act against diseases such as diabetes and cancer. This book presents up-to-date scientific and theoretically viable information about sustainable production, storage, processing, and marketing of pomegranate. It discusses the past and current situation of pomegranate trade and presents simple and practical processing and storage techniques for the extending of shelf life of fresh squeezed 100% natural pomegranate juice while still retaining its safety and nutritional quality.

Author : Hassan Amjad
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781411662780

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Pomegranate by Hassan Amjad Pdf

In this book, I share some of my enthusiasm as to why the pomegranate is a magnificient, trans-cultural, symbolic icon in medicine, health, and mythology.

Author : Rachel Hadas
Publisher : Paul Dry Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781589882508

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Strange Relation by Rachel Hadas Pdf

"[A] thoughtful and lucid tale of love, companionship, and heartbreaking illness." —Lydia Davis In 2004 Rachel Hadas's husband, George Edwards, a composer and professor of music at Columbia University, was diagnosed with early-onset dementia at the age of sixty-one. Strange Relation is her account of "losing" George. Her narrative begins when George's illness can no longer be ignored, and ends in 2008 soon after his move to a dementia facility (when, after thirty years of marriage, she finds herself no longer living with her husband). Within the cloudy confines of those difficult years, years when reading and writing were an essential part of what kept her going, she "tried to keep track…tried to tell the truth." "If only all doctors and nurses and social workers who care for the chronically ill could read this book. If only patients and family members stricken with such losses could receive what this book can give them. While Strange Relation relates one illness and the life of one family, it is also, poetically, about all illnesses, all families, all struggles, all living. The art achieves the dual life of the universal and the particular, marking it as timeless, making it for us all necessary."—Rita Charon, MD, PhD, Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University "Rachel Hadas's own wonderfully resonant poems, along with the rich collection of verse and prose by other writers that she weaves into her story, clarify and illuminate over and over again this thoughtful and lucid tale of love, companionship, and heartbreaking illness—illness that, as she shows us so well, is at once frighteningly alien and also deeply a part of our unavoidable vulnerability as mortal beings. Beautifully written, totally engrossing, and very sad."—Lydia Davis "Strange Relation is a deeply moving, deeply personal, beautifully written exploration of how the power of grief can be met with the power of literature, and how solace can be found in the space between them."—Frank Huyler "A poignant memoir of love, creativity and human vulnerability. Rachel Hadas brings a poet's incisive eye to the labyrinth of dementia."—Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, author of Medicine in Translation and Singular Intimacies "Like an elegy, Strange Relation is about loss and grief. Like all elegies, it also memorializes and celebrates. Rachel Hadas, in the course of her personal narrative, cites accounts of dementia, in its social and personal meanings."—Robert Pinsky "Brilliant and tough-minded, poignant but clear-headed, Rachel Hadas shines a steady light on her experience as the wife of an accomplished composer who, at a comparatively early age, descended into dementia. Strange Relation never sacrifices truth for easy answers. Instead, Hadas uses literature to chart a course through wrenching complexities. This lauded and exceptional poet shows how language itself, the very thing her husband loses, became her shield as she crossed the ravaged lands of decision-making, making new discoveries, new friends, and new sense of the world. Strange Relation snaps with bravery, intelligence, and Hadas' tart, candid wisdom."—Molly Peacock "Strange Relation is a beautifully written and piercingly honest account of life with a brilliant man as he descends into dementia, in his sixties."—Reeve Lindbergh

Author : Vasiliki Lagouri
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781839684470

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Pomegranate by Vasiliki Lagouri Pdf

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) is one of the oldest edible fruits in the Mediterranean and has been used extensively in folk medicine. This book summarizes the antioxidant properties and bioactive polyphenolic ingredients in Greek pomegranate varieties and the vasculoprotective and neuroprotective effect of various parts of pomegranate and its main compounds, especially hydrolysable tannins, ellagitannins, ellagic acid, and their metabolites. Research has shown that pomegranate extracts possess unusual and potent broad-spectrum activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites. As such, the book also explores the role of pomegranate in the treatment of cancer and SARS-CoV-2 infection. Finally, the book investigates the post-harvest management of pomegranate in industrial processing to improve pomegranate utilization for human health.

Author : Rosalyn B. Angeles-Shim,Sunchung Park,Dhruv Lavania,Andy Pereira
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889769179

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Systems Approach to Understanding the Biology of Cold Stress Responses in Plants by Rosalyn B. Angeles-Shim,Sunchung Park,Dhruv Lavania,Andy Pereira Pdf

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781408887356

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Super Food: Pomegranate by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Rich in many vitamins and minerals, plus an amazingly high antioxidant content, the pomegranate has been called “the King of the Fruits”. Use its gorgeous seeds in salads, smoothies and other delicious recipes or create a fabulous frizz-fighting hair mask. Super Food: Pomegranate includes: Feature spreads - covering the history of pomegranates, symbolism and myths, health benefits, and how grow your own. Delicious food and drink recipes -including snacks, starters, mains and desserts. Treat yourself to a super- powered breakfast smoothie or a real tequila sunrise. Health and beauty recipes - brighten your skin with a pomegranate peel or night serum treatment. Food is super! There's all sorts of things you can do with fruit and veg - and not always what you'd expect. Whether it's cooking delicious dishes, looking after your teeth or making facepacks, there's all kinds of interesting, healthy uses for fruit and veg. Each book in the Super Foods series takes a look at one ingredient and shows a host of uses - both practical and delicious. The first books in the series are: Avocado, Cucumber, Pomegranate, Lemon, Beetroot and Coconut.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : GRANATUM PLUS
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE POMEGRANATE FRUIT GROWN IN SPAIN Antioxidant punicalagin in pomegranate juice and pomegranate extract, for the functional diet of the future by Anonim Pdf

Author : Damien Stone
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781780237954

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Pomegranate by Damien Stone Pdf

Supple but crunchy, sweet but tart—with its strange construction of seeds filled with delicious garnet juice so vibrant it’s hard not think it is some otherworldly blood—no wonder the pomegranate has appealed so much to the human imagination throughout the centuries. Holding aloft this singular fruit in the light of human history, Damien Stone offers a unique look at an alluring fruit that has figured in our culinary consciousness from the gardens of the ancient world to the health-food section of supermarkets. Stone takes us back to the early polytheistic religions and the important role that pomegranates had in their rituals. From there he shows how they came to be held in high esteem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike, examining exciting new findings that further cement their importance: for instance, many historians believe now that it was a pomegranate, not an apple, that was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Stone examines the allure that the pomegranate has had to a fascinating cast of famous figures, from ancient Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal to Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, from Sandro Botticelli to Salvador Dalí. Drawing on text, image, and taste, Pomegranate is a cornucopia of strange and fascinating stories about a very special fruit.

Author : Kathleen Low
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781476675954

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Asian Fruits and Berries by Kathleen Low Pdf

 From loquat to breadfruit to persimmon, Asian fruits and berries offer a dizzying selection of tastes, techniques and associated lore. This guide provides descriptions, histories, growing techniques and additional information about Asia's resplendent selection of fruits and berries, with a full color photograph accompanying each entry. Their rich history and cultural lore is presented in this practical guide to identifying, eating and growing the berries and fruits of the Asian continent.

Author : Sueli Rodrigues,Ebenezer de Oliveira Silva,Edy Sousa de Brito
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128031537

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Exotic Fruits Reference Guide by Sueli Rodrigues,Ebenezer de Oliveira Silva,Edy Sousa de Brito Pdf

Exotic Fruits Reference Guide is the ultimate, most complete reference work on exotic fruits from around the world. The book focuses on exotic fruit origin, botanical aspects, cultivation and harvest, physiology and biochemistry, chemical composition and nutritional value, including phenolics and antioxidant compounds. This guide is in four-color and contains images of the fruits, in addition to their regional names and geographical locations. Harvest and post-harvest conservation, as well as the potential for industrialization, are also presented as a way of stimulating interest in consumption and large scale production. Covers exotic fruits found all over the world, described by a team of global contributors Provides quick and easy access to botanical information, biochemistry, fruit processing and nutritional value Features four-color images throughout for each fruit, along with its regional name and geographical location Serves as a useful reference for researchers, industrial practitioners and students

Author : Damien Stone
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781780237497

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Pomegranate by Damien Stone Pdf

Supple but crunchy, sweet but tart—with its strange construction of seeds filled with delicious garnet juice so vibrant it’s hard not think it is some otherworldly blood—no wonder the pomegranate has appealed so much to the human imagination throughout the centuries. Holding aloft this singular fruit in the light of human history, Damien Stone offers a unique look at an alluring fruit that has figured in our culinary consciousness from the gardens of the ancient world to the health-food section of supermarkets. Stone takes us back to the early polytheistic religions and the important role that pomegranates had in their rituals. From there he shows how they came to be held in high esteem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike, examining exciting new findings that further cement their importance: for instance, many historians believe now that it was a pomegranate, not an apple, that was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Stone examines the allure that the pomegranate has had to a fascinating cast of famous figures, from ancient Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal to Tudor Queen Anne Boleyn, from Sandro Botticelli to Salvador Dalí. Drawing on text, image, and taste, Pomegranate is a cornucopia of strange and fascinating stories about a very special fruit.

Author : Laura Christman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781483441764

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Planet Pomegranate: Dispatches from the Garden and Life by Laura Christman Pdf

Perhaps you are familiar with the term "gardening." It is a tangle of weirdness. Turns out there's more to it than growing a lovely lawn or prolific pepper plant. Planet Pomegranate is a collection of columns written by journalist Laura Christman for the Home & Garden section of the Record Searchlight, the daily newspaper in Redding, Calif. The pieces are a mix of conversations, observation, reflections and frustrations. Some related to the garden; some are not. Revealed are the stories of: -the spindly spring of tenacious Bermuda grass -the petticoat that joined the family -the pumpkin that perplexed a newsroom -the joyful journey of the wandering lemons -the greatest donkey that ever lived Planet Pomegranate explores the wonder of growing - whether it's in the garden or as a person. It is about growing stuff, growing up, staying curious and finding joy in simple things. And appreciating pomegranates - it's about that too.