Heritage Apples travels beyond the grocery stores of today to present the apples of the past. These are the apple varieties—the Gravensteins, the Kings, the red-fleshed Pink Pearls—that link us to history, but through food movements and taste preferences are re-emerging as the fruit of the future.

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: 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, Apple Brownies, and more.

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“Taking this bite into the world of heritage apples was not only informative and entertaining but also inspiring. By capturing these tales of pioneering apple growers, future generations can move forward by staying connected to what has gone before.”

—Carolyn Herriot, author of The Zero-Mile Diet