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With its tropical climate, coasts on two oceans, high mountains, and dense jungles, Colombia produces or is capable of producing almost every variety of fruit. Given the trend toward healthier and leaner cuisine, fruit is a timely culinary subject. This volume rescues the best of culinary knowledge of the most exquisite, exotic tropical fruits, and opens the door to healthy, marvelous gastronomic experiences. With historical and cultural information on thirty-two different fruits that are produced in Colombia, their main varieties, uses, interesting trivia and medicinal and beauty tips, this book opens the door to a world of food that is increasingly available in this country and that is immediately familiar to anyone who has lived in or visited the tropics.