Julie Angus
Autor(a) de Rowboat in a Hurricane: My Amazing Journey Across a Changing Atlantic Ocean
Obras de Julie Angus
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- female
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Membros
- 75
- Popularidade
- #235,804
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 5
There is no shortage of interesting information in the book but mostly it is in snippets, often repetitive, lost amid the the scientific story and the personal story. The sailing adventure, the Mediterranean locale, the family involvement did not make the book more engrossing, in fact it detracted from the point; made the story neither fish nor fowl, neither academic nor general interest. After claiming that there is so much fraudulent olive oil around, tests to determine if your extra virgin olive oil is the real deal were inconclusive. Apparently only the taste test is of any use. However, she did include a good section on how to perform a taste test, what to look for, what to avoid. An appendix provides a handful of fairly ordinary recipes using olives or oil that seem like an afterthought. A planned a visit to her father's family in Syria is where the book ended abruptly because of the current violence there.
It should have been an interesting account and yet I found it disappointing.… (mais)