LOST ORCHARD (PB)

Over seven years, Raymond Blanc planted an orchard of 2,500 trees in the grounds of his hotel-restaurant in Oxfordshire. Full of ancient varieties of British apples and pears, along with walnut trees, quince, medlars, apricots, nectarines, peaches, plums, damsons and cherries, it yields around 30 tonnes of fruit for the kitchen each year. The Lost Orchard is a love letter to each of these varieties, showing what we have lost and what we could regain, along with illustrations, recipes and stories.