The Apple Detective

A bonus mini episode for you!

Photo by Bozhin Karaivanov on Unsplash

In the pilot episode Allie took on apples…a seemingly simple route but she looked at the darker side of this humble fruit. Witchcraft, ghosts murder and….apple detectives!

You can hear Allie’s chat with Tom Adams, the Apple Detective, about his mission to preserve long forgotten apple varieties here.

Find out more about Tom’s organic fruit tree nursery and The Marcher Apple Network .

The next podcast episode goes out on Monday, 8 April when we’ll be discussing aromatics. Don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t done so already!

Suggested Reading/Viewing

The Apple Tree (1952) by Daphne du Maurier

 Hallowe’en Party (1969) by Agatha Christie dramatised by Michael Bakewell First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1993. Starring John Moffatt and Stephanie Cole

 The July Ghost (1982) by A.S. Byatt dramatised by Eric Pringle. With Kate Buffery as Imogen and Clive Owen as the man (BBC 2000) 

You can follow the A is for Apple Podcast on Instagram and X (Twitter).

Sam Bilton also hosts the Comfortably Hungry Podcast and is the author of First Catch Your Gingerbread, Fool’s Gold: A History of British Saffron and The Philosophy of Chocolate. You can find her on Instagram and X.

Dr Neil Buttery also hosts the British Food History Podcast and is the author of A Dark History of Sugar and Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald Britain’s Most Influential Housekeeper. You can find him on Instagram and X.

Dr Allie Pino hosts the Fear Feasts Podcast with Vanessa Baca and is the co-author of A Gothic Cookbook. You can find her on Instagram and X.