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Add a little sunshine to every meal with dishes and desserts brightened with the flavor of orange. Jamie Schler offers a collection of sophisticated and sunny recipes using the most versatile of citrus fruits, the orange, in this cookbook beautifully photographed by Ilva Beretta. Schler incorporates the juice, zest, and fruit from many varieties of oranges as well as flavorings, extracts, and liqueurs. These sauces, soups, salads, sides, main dishes, breads, and sweets embody the essence of orange. Indulge yourself and delight your guests with recipes such as: Orange Fig SauceMussels Steamed in Orange and FennelOrange Braised Belgian Endive with Caramelized Onions and BaconBeef in Bourbon Sauce, Glazed Apple and Orange BraidOrange and Brown Sugar-Glazed Sweet PotatoesChocolate Orange Marmalade Brownies and many more
About the Author
"This is such a wonderful book!" - Nathalie Dupree, author of 10 cookbooks including Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking, and cooking show host including New Southern Cooking with Nathalie Dupree
"(Orange Appeal) is both elegant and beautiful and we are pouring over it to see what to try first!" - Rose Levy Beranbaum, James Beard award-winning author of The Cake Bible, The Bread Bible, and The Baking Bible
"(Jamie) Schler has developed a stunning collection of recipes that make you want to run out and stock up on oranges." - Diane Worthington, James Beard-award winning writer and radio host, in the Chicago Tribune.
"Beautiful photos, recipes that are straightforward enough for a tween with moderate kitchen skills to knock out of the park, but interesting combos that feel fancy and fun." - Bre Holt, mother of 2 tweens who love to cook.
"Jamie, your book made me swoon!" - Amy Rogers, journalist for Charlotte's NPR affiliate WFAE 90.7
Jamie Schler is an award-winning writer specializing in food and culture, her stories inspired by her multi-cultural family and 30 years living between France and Italy completely and irrevocably immersed in the culture. After working as an art gallery manager in New York, a milliner in Milan, and a culinary guide and interpreter in Paris, Jamie decided to focus her passions and energy on writing.
She now writes the IACP award-winning food blog Life's a Feast which was named in the Top 100 Food Blogs by both The Institute for the Psychology of Eating and Inspired Magazine; her work has been published in Fine Cooking, The Washington Post, The Kitchn, France Magazine, The Art of Eating, Modern Farmer, Paste Magazine, Leite's Culinaria, deliberateLIFE, among others. She has written for Huffington Post Food since the page's creation in 2010; and she has been featured on Saveur.com, South Carolina Living, RDV des Arts Culinaires, in Elle Magazine France, Living France, and France magazine. She was a finalist for a Saveur Magazine Best Blog Award in the category Best Writing.
Jamie is also an experienced writing instructor, organizing and teaching at her own workshops in Europe, most recently workshops on food writing or food writing & photography at her hotel in Chinon, teaming up with an acclaimed fellow writer or with award-winning food photographer ilva Beretta.
Jamie grew up on the Space Coast of Florida, the narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River, famed for its citrus. She now lives in Chinon, France where she owns and runs the Hôtel Diderot with her husband, Jean-Pierre.
