- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Broadway; 1 edition (Jun 15 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0767902033
- ISBN-13: 978-0767902038
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 20.1 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,418,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It's hard to believe that bananas are the most popular fruit in the United States, followed by apples, but there you have it. Such small but telling details can be found in Greg Patent and Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's A Is for Apple. That, and every apple recipe you might ever want to try.
If there were only Red and Golden Delicious apples to choose from, there wouldn't be much point. In relating the stories of these two apples, the authors tell a condemning story of modern American fruit production, where marketing has won out over the market. Both the Red and the Golden truly were delicious at one time in their odd histories, but years of selecting for color and shape over flavor has robbed these two apples of their legacy. Fortunately, small-scale farming has found a niche and farmers' markets have grown in every community, so apples in season with names you have never heard of and flavors you have never encountered are available. They may cost a little extra, but they are real.
Though there is enormous pleasure to be had in just eating a ripe apple in season, there's a lot of cooking to be done out there, too. The authors have divided the recipe chapters of A Is for Apple into "Pies and Tarts"; "Desserts"; "Cakes and Cookies"; "Breads"; "Soups and Salads"; "Seafood and Game"; "Poultry"; "Beef, Pork, and Lamb"; and "Side Dishes." There are chapters on basics, growing, and oddball information, too.
There is an apple pie recipe in this book, and then its deep-dish cousin, and then the same with rhubarb, and so on. But there's a recipe for apple-venison sausage, too. And apple rice pudding, and spicy apple dumplings, and oatmeal-apple-nut bars, and cider gingerbread with cider cream, and Latvian pumpernickel and fruit soup; then there's trout with cider, chanterelles, and cream; and duck breasts with cider, orange, and Calvados sauce. You get the idea: the whole big apple kit and caboodle. --Schuyler Ingle
Book Description
A tart-sweet, sun-crisped apple plucked from a hundred-year-old tree and eaten out of hand. A mug of hot curried apple soup enjoyed as an autumn lunch. Cider-braised duck legs with onions and cabbage. Warm deep-dish apple pie topped with a melting scoop of apple-cinnamon ice cream.
Everyone has tasted Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apples, but how about Esopus Spitzenbergs or Sweet Sixteens? With more apple varieties available than ever before, how do you choose the right apple for eating, cooking, and baking? In A Is for Apple you'll discover the many pleasures of America's favorite fruit. Filled with helpful hints on how to grow, select, and cook a wide variety of apples, this bountiful collection presents more than 200 recipes for everything from soups, salads, and salsas to crisps, cobblers, and cheesecakes.
Everyone has tasted Golden Delicious and Granny Smith apples, but how about Esopus Spitzenbergs or Sweet Sixteens? With more apple varieties available than ever before, how do you choose the right apple for eating, cooking, and baking? In A Is for Apple you'll discover the many pleasures of America's favorite fruit. Filled with helpful hints on how to grow, select, and cook a wide variety of apples, this bountiful collection presents more than 200 recipes for everything from soups, salads, and salsas to crisps, cobblers, and cheesecakes.
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Great book for the Apple Lover, Dec 3 2010
By Petunia - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: A Is for Apple: More Than 200 Recipes for Eating, Munching and Cooking with America's Favorite Fruit (Paperback)
A Is for Apple has some delightful recipes for those who love apples as well as interesting information about the history of well know apple dishes. Also helpful is good advice on what varieties of apples are best for each recipe. The book goes way beyond just dessert dishes and offers a wide range of apple recipes.
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full of apple recipes, April 16 2009
By Dan "Dan" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: A Is for Apple: More Than 200 Recipes for Eating, Munching and Cooking with America's Favorite Fruit (Paperback)
a nice book full of apple recipes, like his other books, a diligent recipe collector.
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