Erscheint: September 2026
Buch (Softcover): Fachbuch
The Apple: A Delicious History
Verlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35315774
EAN: 9781803287973
Erscheint: September 2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 22.70
Beschreibung
'Crisp and refreshing' Pen Vogler, The Spectator. Sin, cider and apple crumble. the 10,000-year story of the. world's most tempting fruit. The Apple: A Delicious History. takes the reader on an extraordinary journey, from the apple's prehistoric beginnings in the Tian Shan mountains of Kazakhstan to the explosion of commercial apple-growing in twenty-first-century China. Zigzagging across the centuries and straddling the globe, Sally Coulthard explores how the apple travelled along the Silk Road from Central Asia to Europe, appearing as an erotically charged symbol in Greek myth and poetry and even featuring in the shopping list of a senior Roman officer stationed on Hadrian's Wall. She samples the cider that flowed from the emperor. Charlemagne's orchards in the early Middle Ages, and relishes the crispness of the yellow sweeting, the first new apple variety to be cultivated in seventeenth-century America. And she discovers why, despite the existence of more than 7500 varieties of apple - from the ubiquitous Granny Smith to the purple-skinned Black Diamond of Tibet - only a handful of cultivars are available in modern supermarkets. Amplified by mouth-wateringly appley recipes and the stories behind them, The Apple: A Delicious History. embraces not only culinary, horticultural, social and commercial history but also age-old traditions in mythology, folklore and religion. It is the perfect gift book for gardeners and nature lovers - and for anyone who enjoys a drop of cider or a slice of apple pie.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Coulthard Sally
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 320