Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ALLURE OF ANISE -- MOON OF THE FAITH": appreciating the apricot -- THE ARTICHODE "UNDRESSED -- THE "LASCIVIOUS LEAF": the lure of arugula -- ASPARAGUS: scents and non-scents -- THE "BUTTER PEAR": the mysterious avocado -- THE "CURIOSITY OF THE INDIES": the baffling banana -- HOLY BASIL -- IT'S NOT BROCCOLI. IT'S ANDY BOY -- HEAD OF ITS CLASS: the cabbage -- THE WILD CAPER -- FROM ARABIA TO SCANDINAVIA: a cardamom chronicle -- THE CARROT PURPLE -- THE NUTTY FRUIT: the captivating cashew -- THE CELERY CURE -- THE BATTLE OVER THE BEAN: the puzzling chickpea -- FOOD OF THE GODS": chocolate -- SWEET WOOD": cinnamon -- THE "NAIL INCENSE": uncovering the clove -- THE "WINE OF THE BEAN": coffee -- SAVED FROM THE "TWO-HEADED SERPENT": the coriander cure -- THE "BITTER BERRY": reclaiming the cranberry -- THE "BILIOUS" COWCUMBER: cool as a cucumber -- HIDDEN PUNCH: cumin's untold story -- A FINE FEATHERED FRIEND: the wonders of dill -- THE "MAD APPLE": the terrifying eggplant -- THE TRUTH ABOUT FINOCCHIO: fragrant fennel -- THE "STINKING ROSE": the glories of garlic -- POOR MAN'S MEAT": the lentil -- VIGOR AND VENERY: the story of mint -- THE "HAREN TREE": nutmeg -- A TASTE AS OLD AS COLD WATER": the story of the olive -- KNOWING YOUR ONIONS -- SWEET FOR SOUR ORANGES -- THE "FRUIT OF ANGELS": the papaya -- FOUND A PEANUT -- GIFT OF THE GODS: the pear -- HOT COMMODITY: a pepper story -- YES, WE HAVE NO ANANAS: the pineapple -- THE PRINCELY PISTACHIO -- PERSEPHONE'S TEMPTATION: the seductive pomegranate -- THE "WHITE TRUFFLE": the perplexing potato -- HUNTING FOR GOLD: the saga of saffron -- THE "PRINCE OF LEAFY GREENS": spinach -- SEX AND THE SINGLE STRAWBERRY -- CANDY FROM THE FIELD": the sweet potato -- HOMEGROWN TOMATOES -- THE SCENT OF VANILLA -- CRACKING THE WALNUT.

WHAT THE ANGELS EAT": the watermelon -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.