“This is perhaps what has made some suspect that the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil was really a banana.” — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
The apple was the first fruit of the world according to Genesis, but it was no Cox's Orange Pippin. God gave the crab apple… — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet as a… — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
In my experience, clever food is not appreciated at Christmas. It makes the little ones cry and the old ones nervous. — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
This special feeling towards fruit, its glory and abundance, is I would say universal.... We respond to strawberry fields or cherry orchards with a… — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
A number of rare or newly experienced foods have been claimed to be aphrodisiacs. At one time this quality was even ascribed to the… — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
The artichoke above all is the vegetable expression of civilised living, of the long view, of increasing delight by anticipation and crescendo. No wonder… — Jane Grigson Copy Share Image
