Cover of In the Devil's Garden

In the Devil's Garden

by Stewart Lee Allen

2002 315 pages eng

Among the foods thought to encourage lust, the love apple (now known as the tomato), wormed its way over pastas and into catsup. The morality of this fruit was questioned due to its similarity to a plant called the mandrake, which medieval people believed carried demonic spirits (Joan of Arc's alleg…

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