Norman Ellstrand's informative book presents a detailed, and in places humorous, way of telling us how much of our food results from the sex acts of plants. As the title suggests, the author wants to educate while entertaining us by teaching us that many of our foods are the result of plants having sex. Sounds intriguing. He is specifically referring to fruits, seeds, and nuts as products of plant sex. Using detailed botanical terms, he explains how foods such as the tomato, the banana, the avocado, squashes, and others are produced through a plant's reproductive processes. As he presents information about plant sex, the author takes the opportunity to amaze and sometimes shock the reader with the often complex and sometimes bizarre strategies that plants use to reproduce.
For those who have not studied botany, the book explains enough about plant anatomy and physiology that the reader can follow the...
University of California Press