Contents
Introduction: the story of honey
PART ONE
The World of Honey
The sweet art of honey
The honey harvest
The terroir of honey
Taste honey like a sommelier
Tasting notes: flavors and flowers
Defects in honey
Honey fraud
Health, medicine, and beauty
Sourcing honey
Honey in cooking
Honey and cheese
PART TWO
The Atlas of Honey
NORTH AMERICA
Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Costa Rica
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
EUROPE
Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Baltic States, Ukraine
AFRICA
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar
ASIA
Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Russia, Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia
OCEANIA
Australia, New Zealand, Pitcairn Island
Further reading
Index
Picture credits
Acknowledgments