Pineapple fever among 18th Century English gardeners - why this exotic fruit became such a fashion statement and "the holy grail of every gardener in the civilised world".
Janet Gleeson talks about her new book Serpent in the Garden, an historical crime novel set in Georgian England, where a murder mystery begins in a conservatory of cultivated pineapples.
...and there will also be live pineapple cookery from food writer Lindsay Bareham who writes for the London Evening Standard and is the author of a number of cookery books including The Big Red Book of Tomatoes Thai Green Duck Curry Pineapple Kebabs With Angosturaand Spicey Pineapple Starter Serpent in the Garden, Janet Gleeson, Published Bantham Press 03 March 2003, ISBN: 0593 050908 The Big Red Book of Tomatoes, Lindsay Bareham, Published Penguin Books 29 June 2000, ISBN: 014026244X
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