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Prunus persica in science, literature and art

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Contemporary food scientists may find inspiration, just as, over the centuries, various writers and painters have, in the delicious, multisensory complexity of a ripe peach.

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Fig. 1: Dish of Peaches, circa 1894, Paul Cézanne.

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Spence, C. Prunus persica in science, literature and art. Nat Food 3, 383–384 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00517-8

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