Hard to Crack: Nut Trees - OUT OF PRINT by Meredith Sayles Hughes
	ISBN-10:   082252838X ISBN-13:   9780822528388 Publisher:   Lerner Publishing Group Series:   Plants We Eat Ser. Edition:   illustrated Category:   Agriculture, Health/Nutrition, Nutrition Pub. Date:   January 2005 Pages:   104 Format:   Library Binding Ages:   10 to 12 Grades:   6 to 9
Subjects
NUTS TREES_JUVENILE LITERATURE COOKERY (NUTS) NUTS TREES COOKERY
Description/Notes
Presents information on the history, growing requirements, uses, and food value of various nuts grown around the world. Includes recipes. In this book, young readers can look at the world of nuts and their development from bud to supermarket shelf. Walnuts, cashews, pecans, macadamia nuts, pistachios and almonds are all explored in scientific detail. Spotlighted in Booklist as a 'fine series',these lively books serve up a cornucopia of,information on a variety of edible plants. Explore,topics ranging from where the plants originated;,how they were first cultivated; how they're,currently grown, processed and sold; to how,they're eaten around the world and what their,scientific applications are. Each book includes,cross-sectional diagrams of the focus plants,literary quotes, nutritional information,sidebars, recipes and activities. Full-colour and,b/w illustrations throughout. Ages 10-12.