Heritage Apples : A New Sensation

__Heritage Apples__ travels far beyond the grocery store of today to savor the apples of the past. These are the apple varieties -- the Gravensteins, the Kings, the red-fleshed Pink Pearl -- that link us to history, but through food movements and taste preferences are remerging as the fruit of the future. Heritage apples evoke memories and passion for some; for others they offer delicious, unexplored flavors and a connection to local farmers. Discover the histories behind the apples, and learn some startling apple facts. Identify the taste, appearance, and uses of 40 different heritage varieties and gain useful growing and harvesting information. Meet apple growers, cider-makers, and people fighting to preserve heritage apples, and join a lifestyle that embraces local and slow food movements. Then try the recipes! Create delicious apple-based dishes, such as Chickpea-Apple Curry, French Apple Clafouti, Tarte Tatin, Apple Brownies, Apple Pie, and more. Expand your knowledge of one of our most popular fruits and celebrate its history with __Heritage Apples__. Contents......Page 8 Chapter One: The Apples of My Eye......Page 10 Chapter Two: “A” is for Apple......Page 30 Chapter Three: From the Garden of Eden......Page 50 Chapter Four: How Do You Like Them Apples?......Page 72 Chapter Five: Biting Into a Surprise......Page 96 Chapter Six: “Surely the Noblest of All Fruit”......Page 118 Chapter Seven: “Comfort Me with Apples”......Page 140 Chapter Eight: Deep Roots......Page 158 Chapter Nine: The Cider House Rules......Page 180 Chapter Ten: The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree......Page 200 Conclusion......Page 217 Cox’s Orange Pippin......Page 23 Alexander......Page 136 Almata......Page 111 Ashmead’s Kernel......Page 210 Baldwin......Page 175 Belle De Boskoop......Page 43 Bramley’s Seedling......Page 135 Calville Blanc d’Hiver......Page 152 Cathead......Page 154 Cortland......Page 153 Egremont Russet......Page 176 Esopus Spitzenburg......Page 212 Fameuse......Page 67 Golden Delicious......Page 24 Golden Russet......Page 213 Granny Smith......Page 44 Gravenstein......Page 45 Grimes Golden......Page 174 Holstein......Page 46 Kandil Sinap......Page 155 King of Tompkins County......Page 193 Kingston Black......Page 196 Lady......Page 65 Lemon Pippin......Page 133 McIntosh......Page 25 Newton Pippin......Page 68 Northern Spy......Page 194 Pink Pearl......Page 113 Pink Pearmain......Page 114 Red Delicious......Page 26 Reinette Du Canada......Page 66 Ribston Pippin......Page 91 Roxbury Russet......Page 88 Winekist......Page 112 Winesap......Page 173 Winter Banana......Page 89 Wolf River......Page 90 Yarlington Mill......Page 195 Vanderpool Red......Page 134 Wealthy......Page 211 Chickpea-Apple Curry......Page 27 Apple Brownies......Page 137 Apple Crumble......Page 92 Apple Pie......Page 93 Apple-Banana Bread......Page 178 Apple-Onion Tarts......Page 156 Apple-Spinach Tart......Page 214 Applesauce......Page 48 Chicken-Apple Pâté......Page 28 Chocolate-Covered Lady Apples......Page 70 French Apple Clafouti......Page 115 French Lentils in Cider......Page 197 Hot Buttered Rumrunner......Page 198 Maple Apple Butter......Page 69 Quinoa and Apple Salad......Page 138 Red Apple Preserves......Page 116 Slightly Curried Apple-Squash Soup......Page 47 Spiced Crabapples......Page 177 Tarte Tatin......Page 215 Endnotes......Page 220 Index......Page 223 Acknowledgments......Page 228 About the Author......Page 229 "Heritage Apples travels far beyond the grocery store of today to savor the apples of the past. These are the apple varieties -- the Gravensteins, the Kings, the red-fleshed Pink Pearl -- that link us to history, but through food movements and taste preferences are remerging as the fruit of the future. Heritage apples evoke memories and passion for some; for others they offer delicious, unexplored flavors and a connection to local farmers. Discover the histories behind the apples, and learn some startling apple facts. Identify the taste, appearance, and uses of 40 different heritage varieties and gain useful growing and harvesting information. Meet apple growers, cider-makers, and people fighting to preserve heritage apples, and join a lifestyle that embraces local and slow food movements. Then try the recipes! Create delicious apple-based dishes, such as Chickpea-Apple Curry, French Apple Clafouti, Tarte Tatin, Apple Brownies, Apple Pie, and more. Expand your knowledge of one of our most popular fruits and celebrate its history with Heritage Apples"-- Publisher's description Heritage Apples travels far beyond the grocery store of today to savor the apples of the past. These are the apple varieties—the Gravensteins, the Kings, the red-fleshed Pink Pearl—that link us to history, but through food movements and taste preferences are remerging as the fruit of the future. Heritage apples evoke memories and passion for some; for others they offer delicious, unexplored flavors and a connection to local farmers. Discover the histories behind the apples, and learn some startling apple facts. Identify the taste, appearance, and uses of 40 different heritage varieties and gain useful growing and harvesting information. Meet apple growers, cider-makers, and people fighting to preserve heritage apples, and join a lifestyle that embraces local and slow food movements. Then try the recipes! Create delicious apple-based dishes, such as Chickpea-Apple Curry, French Apple Clafouti, Tarte Tatin, Apple Brownies, Apple Pie, and more. Expand your knowledge of one of our most popular fruits and celebrate its history with Heritage Apples .