How Do You Like Them Apples?

To make the very best cider—whether for yourself, your family, and friends or for market—you first need a deep understanding of the processes involved, and the art and science behind them. Fortunately, The New Cider Maker’s Handbook is here to help.

Excerpts:

• 7 Mantras of Cider Making
• Basics of Cider Making: Cider Preparation

The author’s personal voice and clear-eyed advice have already made The Apple Grower a classic among small-scale growers and home orchardists. In fact, anyone serious about succeeding with apples needs to have this updated edition on their bookshelf.

Excerpts:

• Recipe: Lost Nation Cider Pie

In all fields, our cultural perspective is limited by a parallel proclivity. It’s not just agriculture: we all must fight tendencies toward specialization, efficiency, linear thought, and predetermined growth. We have cultivated those tendencies at the exclusion of nature’s full range. If Uncultivated is about faith in nature, and the power it has to deliver us from our own mistakes, then wild apple trees have already shown us the way.

Excerpts:

• The Apple: America’s Fruit
• Honoring the Cider-Making Process
• Wild Apples, Real Cider, and the Complicated Art of Making a Living

Many people want to grow fruit on a small scale but lack the insight to be successful orchardists. As The Holistic Orchard illustrates, growing tree fruits and berries is something virtually anyone can do. A holistic grower knows that producing fruit is not about manipulating nature but more importantly, fostering nature.

Excerpts:

• Controlling Pests Organically: Insects on Fruit Trees

From internationally-acclaimed author and fermented beverage expert Claude Jolicoeur comes a globe-trotting, full-color cultural history and guide celebrating the methods, terroir, and traditions of world-class cider.

Excerpts:

• Cheers! A Guide to Making Sparkling Cider
• The Best Types of Apples for Cider in North America
• Styles of Cider: The 4 Main Categories

Bir encourages readers to reconnect with nature and believes once the foraging mindset takes control, a new culinary world hiding in plain sight will reveal itself. Written in a witty and welcoming style, The Fruit Forager’s Companion is a must-have for seekers of both flavor and fun.

Excerpts:

• The Surprisingly Sweet Secret of Crab Apples
• A Perfect Autumn Snack: Triple Apple Snack Cake with Cider Glaze
• No Forbidden Fruit: Life-Changing Applesauce Recipe