The apple : a delicious history

The apple : a delicious history tells the engrossing and richly informative story of a fruit with a unique attachment to the human story. The 10,000-year tale of the round and pleasantly crunchy products of the trees of the genus Malus embraces not only culinary, horticultural, social and commercial history but also age -- old traditions in mythology, folklore and religion. Sally Coulthard takes the reader on a fascinating and strikingly internat...