Apple : a global history / Erika Janik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janik, Erika, author.

Series:

Edible .

Edible

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apples.

Food--History.

Food.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Gravenstein, Coe's Golden Drop, Cox's Orange Pippin: the names sound like something from Tolkien or the ingredients of a magic potion. But as befits their magical appellations, apples have transfixed and beguiled humans for thousands of years. Erika Janik explores the importance of a fruit, born in the mountains of Kazakhstan, which has became a favourite almost everywhere. Apples have played their part in starting the Trojan War, the discovery of gravity and the settling of America, and you can even use them to predict the future. Apples also make for good drinking, and Janik relates the history of cider in Europe and America. From the Garden of Eden and the wicked queen's apple in the story of Snow White to Johnny Appleseed and the Apple computer, apples have been a universal source of sustenance, health and legend from ancient times to the present. Food and history lovers will devour this surprising history of one of the world's most loved and prolific fruits.

Contents:

Introduction 1. From Almaty to America 2. Food of Legend 3. Cider 4. Wholesome Apple 5. Global Apple Picking the Perfect Apple Recipes Select Bibliography Websites and Associations Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613588838

9781280493607

1280493607

9781861899583

1861899580

OCLC:

767502727