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Beautiful, idyllic, and oddly sensual (even sexual? see quote below) at times. Though, it kind of felt like there's not a whole lot of art in it for a book by an artist....

"Straight from the tree, there are really only two ways to enjoy a pear. You can cup its generous bottom, and, with the briefest of crunches, you're straight through and into the flesh - or you can choose the considered and elegant route of plate and knife [...] to pierce the skin at the tip, slip the blade down as the pear widens to its rump, and open out a perfect twin of creamy white, is a joy...and just as messy. That sweet perfumed juice, followed by an unconscious knuckle-wipe of a wet chin."

A very pleasant read, it was like taking a holiday.