Poet Charles Lamb described the pineapple as too ravishing for moral taste . . . like lovers kisses she bites she is a pleasure bordering on pain, from fierceness and insanity of her relish. From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean island in 1493, the pineapple has seduced the world, becoming an object of passion and desire. Beloved by George Washington, a favorite of kings and aristocrats, the pineapple quickly achieved an elite status among fruits that it retains today. Kaori O Connor tells the story of this culinary romance in Pineapple, an intriguing...