An Apple A Day is a fresh cookbook filled to the brim with 365 apple recipes carefully selected to reflect delicious, seasonal food for holidays, celebrations and everyday.
The traditional favourites are all here, with tried-and-tested recipes for baked apples and apple sauce, as well as pies, tarts, muffins and much more. Also included are exciting, innovative recipes such as Thai Style Pork Belly with Apples and Frozen Apple Daiquiri cocktail, as well as recipes from a range of respected chefs, reflecting a variety of different cultures and styles of cuisine.
But An Apple a Day goes beyond the kitchen to provide a host of crafty room dé cor and ambience-enhancing projects like seasonal centrepieces and apple-scented candles to create a multi-sensory experience. Detailed notes give instructions on apple varieties and how to pick the perfect apple for any occasion, while sidebars are laden with tales from literature and folklore, pairing tips and surprising apple trivia.
Karen Berman is writer and editor who specializes in food and lifestyle topics. Her previous cookbooks include Friday Night Bites: Kick Off the Weekend with Recipes and Crafts for the Whole Family, The Little Black Book of Hors d' Oeuvres and The Little Black Book of Coffee. She has worked in various editorial capacities on more than 30 cookbooks and has written more articles than she can count for magazines, newspapers and websites. She holds a certificate in cuisine from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Melissa Petitto is a registered dietician and personal chef with an A-list clientele that includes Lucy Liu, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Christy Turlington. After studying at Johnson & Wales University - where she received the top honor of Apprentice Cuisinier - Petitto worked in the test kitchen at Cooking Light magazine. This is her first book.
Melissa Petitto is a registered dietician, personal chef with an A-list clientele, and self-confessed sriracha addict. She custom-designs menus for her clients and prepares meals for them with the freshest ingredients. Petitto has received the top honor of Apprentice Cuisinier at Johnson & Wales University and has worked in the test kitchen at Cooking Light magazine. She is the author of 30-Minute Paleo Meals and co-author of An Apple a Day.www.melissapetitto.com