America’s Founding Fruit is not just nostalgia about …

America’s Founding Fruit is not just nostalgia about our continent’s most unique native crop; it is about the future of what we hold dear in our hearts and on our tables. Susan Playfair treats the cranberry as something that has a dynamic relationship with cultures, rather than freezing it in time. Her book is not only exquisitely researched and gorgeously written, it is an important lens into what lies ahead in the New England food system.