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Heirloom Apples: A History & Tasting

Anne Mendelson, of the Culinary Historians of New York, will briefly describe the genetic mysteries of apples from their prehistoric origins in the western Asian “Mountains of Heaven” to today’s supermarket shelves. She will be followed by Erik Baard, Director of the Newtown Pippin Green Apple Foundation, who will trace New York City’s special link to apple history through the famous eighteenth-century Newtown Pippin cultivar—admired by connoisseurs like Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. He will also discuss the ongoing Green Apple campaign to restore two apple originals to this city through organized plantings: our own Newtown Pippin and the wild Central Asian ancestor of all domesticated apples. Tastings will include sweet and savory apple recipes and hard cider.











When: Wed., Oct. 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
421 E. 61st St.
212-838-6878
Price: $40 Adults, $25 Members, $22 Senior/Student Member
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Anne Mendelson, of the Culinary Historians of New York, will briefly describe the genetic mysteries of apples from their prehistoric origins in the western Asian “Mountains of Heaven” to today’s supermarket shelves. She will be followed by Erik Baard, Director of the Newtown Pippin Green Apple Foundation, who will trace New York City’s special link to apple history through the famous eighteenth-century Newtown Pippin cultivar—admired by connoisseurs like Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. He will also discuss the ongoing Green Apple campaign to restore two apple originals to this city through organized plantings: our own Newtown Pippin and the wild Central Asian ancestor of all domesticated apples. Tastings will include sweet and savory apple recipes and hard cider.

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