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The Apple Lover's Cookbook

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In many cookbooks with apple recipes, the author neglects to tell you which type of apple to use -- or gives you only one choice of apple that your grocery store doesn't carry. And when you try to substitute with another type of apple, you end up ruining the cake/pie/tart/soup because you ignorantly used a Granny Smith instead of a Red Roving Whipplefish or whatever obscure type the recipe suggested. The Apple Lover's Cookbook solves that problem by providing a detailed guide to 59(!) types of apples, including the kinds of dishes that make sense for each type. In that way, it's not only a great cookbook on its own (the brisket recipe is BEYOND), its a great companion to other cookbooks.

Amy Traverso's new book, The Apple Lover's Cookbook, combines a delightfully thorough explanation of apple history, growing, varieties, and how to use the varieties with intriguing recipes. These are ways to go beyond apple crisp to pies, cakes, pudding, and even apple claflouti without overwhelming even a novice baker. The Apple Ginger Upside Down Cake is not only easy to do, but comes out looking as if a master baker designed it. I can't wait to cook my way through the cookbook.

Not only is this book as good as the other reviews suggest, paricularly for choosing the right cooking apple for any given recipe application, but the apple photos, descriptions, and their best culinary uses are helpful for people who want to plant their own apple trees. When I bought my farm it came with several different mature apple trees, to which I added McIntosh, but was on the fence as to which other apples to plant after that. With the help of this book, now I know.

Yes..... there are a lot of good orchard/gardening/growing books on apples out there (and I suggest one consult these for planting and care of their trees) and some of them even list how a particular apple "tastes" but I generally prefer to cook, dehydrate, or bake with apples more than eating out of hand.

I found that looking up the type of recipes I make the most and cross referencing the apple varieties used for those recipes was the most helpful in deciding which other apple trees I want to expand my orchard with.

I do own a good selection of other apple and fruit cookbooks and find this one be a favorite.

Great book! Absolutely great book! Amy Traverso knows exactly what she is talking about. Many of the apples described here, I have tasted and used and her in depth knowledge and descriptions on each variety (use, appearance, taste, etc.) is spot on. I just got the book today and can not put it down. Looking for a well written, intriguing "Apple" cookbook with recipes galore? this is it! It's my Apple Bible!

We bought this book to get into the fall spirit, and just made the apple buckle. Truth be told, we didn't even know what a buckle was (in relation to food), but this book made it easy to find out--and it's delicious! Buckles for all. Seriously. There are so many great apple recipes in here.

I first heard about this book while watching Boston news one morning. When the author showed a jar of apple pickles, I was intrigued. I mean really, who has heard of apple pickles? Ordering this book was a brilliant move. The recipes within are creative and yummy. What takes the guess work out of using the correct apple for the correct recipe are the suggestions on the same page. That makes perfect sense and why other writers haven't done the same is beyond me. Anyhow, I have learned a tremendous amount about apples that are heirloom varieties. Great book!!!!!!!

I must confess that I seldom buy cookbooks because when I leaf through them in the bookstore I don't see a lot of recipes I want to try. But with this book, almost everything looks tempting, and the recipes run the gamut of all kinds of foods, not just desserts and chutneys. The apple theme could be gimmicky, but it's clear that the author loves cooking as much as she loves apples, and the recipes are thoughtful and well-tested, not just oh-here's-a-recipe-with-apples-in-it-so-let's-throw-that-one-in-too.

The book also makes for a great read, and I spent a few hours with it the first day I got it, between the history of apples (they come from Kazakhstan!), stories about various heirloom apple growers, "biographies" of 59 different apples, and of course the recipes themselves. I am looking forward to working my way through it in the coming months!

Book came quickly, it is as reviewed, beautiful photos accompany the recipes.

I bought it as a gift. I'm pleased

Gave 4 of these as Christmas presents to my daughters and my wife and they loved them, not only is it a great cook book , but it also explains 59 varieties in detail.

Nice product. Highly recommend. Nice details on many individual apple types. Good pictures in the book. Good variety of recipes.