{"product_id":"the-olive-tree-of-civilization-9781851494736","title":"The Olive  Tree of Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Olive Tree of Civilisation has a rich and varied history. The gnarled tree and its fruits has been extolled by bards from Ovid and Homer to Kipling  Tennyson and Nerua. What other fruit provides light  is a fundamental ingredient in perfume and adds joy and flavour at the table? The ancients knew these virtues and olive oil became a key to their religious and political ceremonies  from the temples of Ra in Egypt where lamps burned olive oil  to the temple of Soloman  where kings were anointed with oil based ointments. Christ was offered a sip of oil on the cross; Hanukah is  at its origin  a festival to celebrate olive oil; the tree and its oil are found in the Koran. Today the oil is worshipped by chefs for its flavours and its colours. For decades  cooks and anthropologists have divided Europe along an olive oil\/butter boundary; that line is vanishing as olive oil spreads around the globe. This book explores and brings to life the olivess glorious past  with chapters on the fruits role in\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923765264437,"sku":"ByrdShop_1851494731","price":246.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781851494736.jpg?v=1794113763","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-olive-tree-of-civilization-9781851494736","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}