Grigson published "Jane Grigson's Fruit Book" in 1982, a companion book to her "Vegetable Book". Prue Leith, the cookery editor for "The Guardian", said the book was "a great read and a vital leg-up for the cook temporarily bereft of ideas beyond apple pie. ... There are literary, historical, and travel anecdotes, interleaved with solid information". Reviewing the book in the "New York Times", Sheraton wrote that the book was "readable and spirited, with ... diverse combination of practical information, enticing recipes and romantic lore and food history, all tempered with humor and goodwill".