Fruit
 The Apple A Day Cookbook
Janet Reeves
The Apple A Day cookbook provides a great idea of the great innovative ways to add apples to any desired dish. From appetizers to entrees, soups and salads, there is something for everyone! However, it does still include the classics such as apple pie. This is a simple black and white book that gives great ideas and allows you to have fun while cooking! Softcover, 219 pp. $16.95.
 The Wild Blueberry Book
Virginia M. Wright
Blueberries are one of the few fruits native to Canada, and it's a shame that people seem to be content with the run-of-the-mill supermarket varieties. Wild blueberries are a completely different animal, and Virginia Wright's latest book is sure to guide you in the direction of using them to their juicy, sweet and rich potential. Hardcover, 82 pp. $14.95.
 Seasonal Fruit Desserts
Deborah Madison
The much beloved author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone ($50), Madison brings her seasonal mantra to desserts with delicious results. What better way to follow local seasons than through the orchard, farm and market. Not just for summer, this book has inspiration for all four seasons. Hardcover, 278 pp. $39.95.
 Tomato: A Fresh from the Vine Cookbook
Lawrence Davis-Hollander
For those of us who can't get enough of fresh tomatoes when in season, this is the book. Many of the recipes have been contributed by well known chefs. Lots of variety of recipes from soups & salads, to main course and sides. Softcover, 278 pp. $21.50.
 Cooking With Apples & Pears
Laura Washburn
Cooking with Apples and Pears offers lots of new ideas for ways to use these great autumnal fruits; apple, parsnip and thyme soup is a perfect winter warmer, while treats such as apple spice muffins or pear and fig clafoutis will be sure to brighten a dull day. There is also a section on preserving and there are colour pictures throughout. Hardcover, 64 pp. $21.95.
  Summer Berries
Elizabeth Baird
A true Canadian classic, Elizabeth Baird’s Summer Berries captures everything that is great about harvesting, cooking, and eating in the summer. Along with the usual suspects, Baird includes red and black currants, blackberries, saskatoons, partridge,elderberries, and honorary berry, rhubarb. More than just pies the traditional pies, the recipes cover everything from punch to pot roast. The preserving information helps you enjoy the berry harvest way beyond those brief weeks of summer. Do not miss the double-crunch rhubarb crisp. Softcover, 128 pp. $19.95.
 Rustic Fruit Desserts
Cory Schreiber and Julie Richardson
Why do you need another dessert book? Stone fruit slump, sour cherry cobbler, gingered peach and blackberry pandowdy, upside down pear chocolate cake that's why! Although the photography is not inspiring, the recipes are. Hardcover, 164 pp. $26.95.
Crazy About Cherries
Laura Gasalbo & Gerard Solis
Cherry-Glazed baked Chicken, Grilled Cherries with Cherry Romesco, Cookies Layered with Cherry Mousse....... for those who are in the midst of cherry season here are more recipes to compliment those you already have. We can't remember when we last had such a smart looking book just cherries. Hardcover, 190 pp. $30.95.
 Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
Lee Reich
Elaeagunus, maypop, jujube and medlar are just some of the unusual fruits that this book highlights. The bulk of the book tells the story of a large variety of fruits unknown to most people, and then ends off with some information on sourcing and cultivating these rare gems. Softcover, 288 pp. $22.95.
 Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden
Lewis Hill
This book has been completely revised and is ready to take a place on all fruit lovers shelves during the current gardening revival. The book is full of information on starting anywhere from a small fruit garden to an orchard. It begins with general information on soil conditions, choosing your plants and common pests. It then goes into more detail focusing on specific types of fruits and tending to them. Softcover, 266 pp. $25.95.
 175 Fruit Desserts
Edited by Ann Kay
From the simplicity of pineapple flambé, to the intensity of minted raspberry bavarois, fruit-based dessert make a refreshing and colourful—and sometimes low-cal—finale to any meal. Along with the recipes there are techniques for preparing and plating. Colour photos. Softcover, 96 pp. $18.99.
 Rhubarb: More than Just Pies
Sandi Vitt and Michael Hickman
Except for asparagus, nothing else says "Spring!" so much as rhubarb.
This little book has just about every way to use rhubarb: beverages, condiments,
preserves and desserts, desserts, desserts. Softcover, 144 pp, $14.95.
 Romance
of the Mango
Kusum Budhwar
An exhaustive study of the “king of fruits”, this book explores its
history, lore, medicinal uses, botany and importance to the Indian subcontinent.
The final section is devoted to the mango as food with recipes covering every
course. Colour photos and line drawings. Softcover, 290 pp, $25.00.
 Jane
Grigson's Fruit Book
Jane Grigson
This alphabetical guide to fruit advises on the selection of the finest fruits of
the season, cooking them in sweet or savory dishes, serving them as desserts or as
treats on their own. Witty, learned and funny, it's the only fruit book you need.
$19.99.
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