Monday, January 22, 2007

The good wrought by imperialism

Buc'hoz, Pierre-Joseph (1731-1807)
Dissertation sur le durion, arbre des Indes orientales, qui donne un fruit bon à manger et qui mérite d'être cultivé dans nos colonies

2 comments:

Purslane said...

Buc'hoz does not seem to have made too compelling a case. I wonder why not? Perhaps because he had not yet experienced it in ice cream form.

Purslane said...

Perhaps. But perhaps he had experienced it in ice cream form, foamed, and sous vide—all at once.