Cherries are a delicious and tasty fruit that can be used in a wide variety of recipes from pie fillings, to jams and jellies. They can be used in salsas and salads.

A maraschino cherry is a preserved, sweetened cherry, typically made from light-colored sweet cherries such as the Royal Ann, Rainier, or Gold varieties.

Other varieties of cherries include the Attika cherry, the Chelan cherry, the Bing cherry, the Benton cherry, the Santina cherry, the Tieton cherry, the Skeena cherry, the Cowiche cherry, the Regina cherry, the Lapins cherry, the Kiona cherry, the Selah cherry, and the sweetheart cherry. There are more than 1000 varieties grown in the United States.

But every cherry recipe in this cookbook is delicious and you will want to try them all!