SEASONAL APPETITE

About the Book

Vermont's natural landscape is the canvas for the creation of a cookbook designed to satiate our seasonal appetite.

The four chapters of the book, The Spring Season, The Summer Season, The Autumn Season and The Winter Season are defined by professional restaurant menus. Each menu offers the passionate cook a tempting selection of recipes for appetizers, breads, soups, salads, entrées and desserts. The recipes are classic formulas, researched and reinterpreted to offer Vermont ingredients at their seasonal peak of freshness, flavor and nourishment.

Open the pages of SEASONAL APPETITE, from season to season elegant dining preparations beckon celebration. Recipes are clearly written. Basic cooking and baking techniques are accomplished with step-by-step instruction. Culinary terms and procedures are defined with each recipe. And detailed plating designs impart a professional presentation to your meal. A Source Directory boasting some of Vermont's finest food producers and purveyors offer the discerning cook quality ingredients.

Celebrate nature's bounty with the creation of a memorable meal to nourish and satiate seasonal appetite.

About the Author

Classically trained Chef Marcie Kaufman graduated New England Culinary Institute, Montpelier, Vermont in 1992. She began her career in 1987 as an apprentice Boulanger/Patissier. Her meticulous attention to detail awarded her Executive Chef at Sangrita Restaurant, Westcliffe, Colorado in 2003. She lives in Jay, Vermont where she continues to diversify her culinary career with her educated writing.

Artist Jeff Gold lives in Danville, Vermont. Explore his unique collection of designs @ www.jeffgoldgraphics.com