{"product_id":"the-lost-orchard-raymond-blanc-9781472267597","title":"Lost Orchard: A French Chef Rediscovers a Great British Food Heritage. Foreword by the Former Prince of Wales","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Blanc set about the most thorough apple-tasting and cooking project I have heard of . . .  \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e] condenses the highlights, his love letters to the forgotten apple breeds.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'I began to dream about an orchard filled with thousands of fruit trees... Today we have an orchard with over 150 ancient varieties of apple. Each one has its heritage in a village or a county that used to thrive on that particular variety. They tell the story not only of what we have lost in Britain but also what we could regain.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the past seven years, Raymond Blanc has planted an orchard of 2,500 trees in the grounds of his hotel-restaurant in Oxfordshire. Yielding about 30 tonnes of fruit for his kitchen each year, it is full of ancient and forgotten varieties of British apples and pears, along with walnut trees, quince, medlars, apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, damsons and cherries. A further 600 heritage fruit trees have been added from Raymond's home region of Franche-Comt  in France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Lost Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to each of these varieties, complete with beautiful black and white drawings, photographs of Belmond Le Manoir and fascinating information and anecdotes about each fruit, along with recipes and stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Blanc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472267591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472267597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Headline\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.94d","brand":"Raymond Blanc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995875868927,"sku":"9781472267597","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e552cb9-5fff-4796-a3de-c957a6e84673.jpg?v=1683338378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lost-orchard-raymond-blanc-9781472267597","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}