"Always eat grapes downwards - that is, always eat the best grape first; in this way there will be none better left on…"

""A sack," Baudolino explained, like a man who knows a trade well, "is like a grape harvest: you have to divide the ta…"

"The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge."

"The grapes in Uzbekistan are incredible fruit. They seem to have a life of their own. They’re called “the bridesmaid’…"

"And the grapes, now do you count each? No, of course not. What strikes you is their clear, amber colour and the bloom…"

"Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?"

"Uvaque conspecta livorem ducit ab uva."

"(Asparagus officinalis) is one of the world’s top 20 vegetable crops. Both green and white shoots (spears) are produc…"

"The usual method of preparing asparagus pursued by the Roman cooks was to select the finest sprouts and to dry them. …"

"The process of elaboration of parmesan cheese begins with skimming the milk collected the previous evening; fresh mil…"