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Pomegranate: The Most Medicinal Fruit by Robert Newman, P.H.D. & Ephraim Lansky, M.D.

POMEGRANATE'S UNIQUE HEALTH BENEFITS REVEALED IN AUTHORITATIVE NEW BOOK! Pomegranates have been used medicinally for over 8,000 years, but the Western world has not paid much attention. Until recently. Now, with news of pomegranate's unsurpassed antioxidant content, the fruit has rocketed to stardom. Suddenly, pomegranates are everywhere, and a new book co-written by one of the scientists who helped launch the fruit's popular resurgence explains why. Pomegranate: The Most Medicinal Fruit offers readers an enlightening education on the history and science of pomegranates as a classical health food. From high cholesterol and diabetes to prostate and breast cancer, this book explains how and why the whole pomegranate plant is increasingly being mined as a source of therapeutic and preventive compounds. Complete with historical and artistic images that feature pomegranates, and an entire section of recipes and suggestions for using the fresh fruit and juice, this book provides an excellent overview of ''everything pomegranate.'' Pomegranate: The Most Medicinal Fruit by Robert Newman, PH.D. & Ephraim Lansky, M.D.

Pomegranate CD (Steuart Liebig)

Pomegranate This is what you get when you pair one fine composer-bandleader-bassist with a rag-tag group of improvisational malcontents who know how to stir up a set of arrangements into a noxious brew of little ig-band aesthetics and creative anarchy. Add to this mixture to four soloists from outside the ensemble -- for whom particular pieces of music is written -- fold in, stir radically, and allow the air of freedom to penetrate thoroughly. The end result is Pomegranate. Steuart Liebigs all-star band of improvisers -- that includes the composer on bass, drummer Alex Cline, violinist Jeff Gauthier, trombonist Scott Ray, John Fumo on trumpet, and Ellen Burr on flute -- back four soloists in as many compositions designed to create spectral and textural possibilities along a chosen field of harmonic convergences and free-form intervallic encounters, offering a wider than intended color palette for both soloist and ensemble, thereby stretching composition and players to their respective limits. The soloists -- saxophonist Vinny Golia, French horn player Tom Varner, bassist Mark Dresser, and guitar god Nels Cline -- all respond with aplomb, taste, and the fiery awareness of this unique opportunity. While each of the four compositions here is nothing less than stellar in its complexity and lush arrangement for both group and soloist to take direction from, it is Dressers The Motionless Blue of Fallen Skies and Clines The Darkness of Each Endless Fall that stand out. On the Dresser tune, the bassists bowing and pizzicato abilities are put to use in a series of tone row explorations that give way to extended passages of microtonal improvisation, along the perimeter of an ensemble playing in both 12-tone and modal sequences (alternating effectively between sequences), and creating for Dresser a structured yet fluid space for lyricism and harmonic assonance within a set of parameters of his own choosing. In Clines piece, Liebig has given the guitarist an architectural largesse within which all of the differing chromatic paradoxes of that instrument may reveal themselves as harmonic or chromatic possibilities for the ensemble to reach (a mirror image almost from the Dresser work). For all its squealing, ripping excess, Clines guitar has a firm hold on the melodic considerations of his own hearing, and the result for the listener is no less than thrilling. Ultimately, this disc proves a pleasant, revelatory surprise for those who thought Liebig mainly a fine bassist. His compositional and arranging abilities as showcased on this fine disc reveal him to be an important voice in the future of avant-garde music. Thom Jurek, All Music Guide Artist Steuart Liebig Studio Cryptogramophone Format CD

Pomegranate Soup A Novel

Pomegranate Soup A Novel 160 Few novels have such charm, such fusion. Marsha Mehran takes one of the great staples of literature, food and its creation, and makes it160 the vehicle of a delightful, subtle fairytale. With a deep understanding of opposites such as whimsy and poignancy, she delivers a moving and very amusing enquiry into whether differences between peoples exist at all. -- Frank Delaney, author of Ireland 160 Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful.160 I160adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home.160Ireland has never been more beautiful -- the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility. --Adriana Trigiani, author of Rococo Recalling James Joyces Dubliners, this first novel by Mehran (who was born in Iran but now lives in Ireland) centers on the inhabitants of a small Irish town. When three Iranian sisters move into the former bake shop and open a Middle Eastern caf , turmoil erupts. The quirky and wonderfully fleshed-out characters who make up the populace of Ballinacroagh align with either the sisters and their exotic delicacies or the town bully, Thomas McGuire, who attempts to put them out of business. From the young and lovely Layla to resident gossip Dervla Quigley, these characters come to life theyre as uniquely simple or as deeply complex as the dishes that eldest sister Marjan concocts-recipes included Personal demons and questioned loyalties play out like a movie on the page (think Joanne Harriss Chocolat), making the reader feel like an eyewitness to all the events. A satisfying summer read or book club pick highly recommended. 8212 Library Journal 160 8220Books Best Read With a Helping of Fairy Dust Three sisters who have fled their native Iran set up a Persian cafe in their new home, the tiny town of Ballinacroagh, Ireland. After initial suspicion, the townsfolk learn to love the shop with its spicy fragrances and exotic foods. Marsha Mehran describes the food in mouthwatering detail--with a dash of magic realism.8221 -- The Chicago Tribune To give the reader a better appreciation for the pivotal role of food in the novel, Mehran includes recipes for some Iranian specialties stuffed grape leaves, elephant ear pastries, and the title8217s pomegranate soup. Stark contrasts between the sisters8217 lives in Iran and Ireland and between the Irish and Persian cultures energize Mehran8217s tale. 8211Mark Knoblauch 160-- Booklist 8220In one bite, exotic pomegranates offer a bittersweet reminder of where you are and where you could be. Marsha Mehran is masterful in her exploration of the worlds of the familiar vs. the unfamiliar, chuckling all the way.8221 -- Rocco DiSpirito, celebrity chef and author of Flavor and Roccos Italian American 160 8220Pomegranate Soup, a delightful debut novel, goes from Iran to Ireland and catches the flavors of both cultures through unfor