Product Description

Take a stone of Sweet Larks
begins a traditional recipe from Cornwall. Sweet Larks, you will be relieved to know, are a variety of apple.

THE APPLE SOURCE BOOK is a celebration of nearly 3,000 varieties of apple we can grow in these islands, with their distinctive flavours, uses, places of origin, stories and associated customs.

With the help of Philippa Davenport, food writer for the Financial Times, Common Ground asked top cooks, chefs, food writers, gardeners, nature writers to offer recipes using named apples. Over 50 rose to the challenge including Raymond Blanc, Joanna Blythman, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Bob Flowerdew, Sophie Grigson, Fergus Henderson, Joan Morgan, Richard Mabey, Rose Prince, Nigel Slater and Delia Smith.

The recipes are bounded by a wealth of useful information about apple identification, orchards, wild life, specialist nurseries, suppliers of fruit, blossom routes, community orchards as well as ideas for Apple Day, wassailing, juice pressing, cider making and a county by county gazetteer of where varieties originated.

Taking the apple as a symbol of the physical, cultural and genetic diversity that we should not let slip away, THE APPLE SOURCE BOOK demonstrates how anyone can make a difference. Written and designed with the combination of style and innovation that made ENGLAND IN PARTICULAR such a success, THE APPLE SOURCE BOOK will change the way you look at apples and orchards forever.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109665 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages