{"product_id":"9781803287966","title":"The Apple: A Delicious History","description":"Author: Coulthard, Sally\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781803287966\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Crisp and refreshing' Pen Vogler, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSin, cider and apple crumble  - the 10,000-year story of the world's most tempting fruit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Apple- A Delicious History\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eZigzagging 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.\u003cbr\u003eAmplified by mouth-wateringly appley recipes and the stories behind them, \u003ci\u003eThe Apple- A Delicious History\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636921356446,"sku":"UBD-9781803287966","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781803287966.jpg?v=1774399673","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781803287966","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}