When Sebastopol opens its famed Gravenstein Apple Fair on Aug. 10 for its 51st anniversary, it will be carrying on a tradition established precisely 114 years ago when the city held California’s first ...

Long before California’s infatuation with the wine grape, apples were king in Sonoma County, which was once considered among the top apple-growing regions in the world. It all began with the ...

Before Slow Food came on the scene here in the US many of us were unaware that there were regional fruits that needed saving. Now there is actually a system for endangered edibles. Take the ...

David Karp is a pomologist and a frequent guest on Good Food. Today, he talks about the Gravenstein apple, a variety that flourishes in Northern California. It's under protection by Slow Food, which ...

I have lived in the Napa Valley for most of my adult life, and one fall tradition I had yet to check off my bucket list was a visit to El Dorado County’s Apple Hill. We prioritized a day trip with the ...

SEASONS CAN AND DO BLEND TOGETHER, and they certainly do so in the Golden State, where warm winter afternoons in the desert and chilly summer mornings along the coast can send a person running to the ...

To the people who know them, Gravenstein apples are pie apples. One of the first varieties to appear in the markets in late summer, they have a bright acidity and a gorgeous aroma that survives even ...

Apple trees are some of the loveliest in the world, as are their close relatives, the crabapples. Their blossoms in spring are intoxicating, and no wonder — they belong to the Rosaceae family, which ...