Golden Fruit: A Cultural History of Oranges in Italy

Introduction: How to Peel an Orange 1. Bread and oranges 2. How to Peel an Orange 3. Of Beauty and Citrons 4. Boy Peeling Fruit 5. One Thousand Orange Shirts 6. The Golden Fruit Chapter One: Fruit of the Spirit 1. Divine Oranges 2. One Pope's Melons... 3. ... And Another Pope's Oranges 4. Rome's First Orange Tree 5. Catherine's Orange Letter 6. Bitter Fruit 7. Candied Oranges 8. A Recipe for Conversion Chapter Two: The Fruit of Love 1. Two Men and an Orange 2. Fairy Fruit 3. Basile's Citrons 4. Citrus Confusion 5. The Fruit of Love 6. Local Fruit 7. The Color of Citrus 8. Fruitful Fairy Tales Chapter Three: Fruit of the Womb 1. Pregnant Citrus 2. Fruitful Metamorphoses 3. Ferrari's Citrus 4. Fruits of the Womb 5. Sexy fruit 6. Botanical Monsters 7. Citrus Metamorphoses 8. Citrus Mothers Chapter Four: Strange Fruit 1. Damned Oranges 2. Fruit Fit for a King 3. Immigrant Fruit 4. Citrus and Folklore 5. Golden Oranges 6. Fruit Fetish 7. Heavenly Citrus 8. Fruit from the Sea Conclusion: Golden Fruit