Apples are not only good to eat fresh, but are a staple of American cooking. This cookbook by Olwen Woodier, offers over 100 recipes using apples for everything from beverages to soups and deserts.
New England not only produces some of the best apples in the world, but also the world's best Maple Syrup. For some great ideas on how to use maple syrup as your natural sweetner, try the recipes in this wonder cookbook by Ken Haedrich.


Apple cookbook
$10.95

Experience the delicious versatility of the apple at every meal, all year long. Olwen Woodier provides more than 140 recipes, including Beverages: Apple Eggnog and Iced Apple Tea. Breakfasts: Apple Corn Hotcakes and Sausage and Apple Omelette. Appetizers: Prosciutto Apple Wedges and Apple Cheese jack Bean and Mulligatawny. Salads: Curried Chicken Salad and Apple Slaw. Side Dishes: Maple Sweet Potato Casserole and Sausage and Apple Stuffing. Entrees: Tuna Apple Tortilla Wraps and Beef and Apple Deep Dish Pie. Breads & Muffins: Cornmeal Apple Cheese Muffins and Barbara Mullin's Coffee Can Bread. And, of course, Desserts: Eight variations of apple pie; favorites such as Baked Apple Slices and Apple Brown Betty; and exotic concoc- tions like Applesauce Gingerbread, Apple Cream Cheese Tart, and Chocolate Applesauce Cake.


Maple cookbook
$10.95

No other sweetener delivers the clean, distinct flavor and subtle bouquet of real maple syrup. Of course it's perfect on pancakes, but farm cooks have known for centuries that adding maple syrup is also the best way to put a sweet spin on meat, fish, fowl, and vegetables. Try starters such as Orange Maple Chicken Wings and Maple Creamy Fondue. Entrees: Hot & Spicy Shrimp Kabobs and Maple Vinegar Roasted Pork. Baked good~: Maple Cream Scones and Winter Squash Spoonbread. And, of course, desserts: Tawny Maple Cheesecake, Maple Ginger Ice Cream, and the classic Sugar on Snow. Plus maple beverages, butters, and relishes. KEN HAEDRICH is a prolific food writer, the author of a dozen cook- books, and a winner of the Julia Child Cookbook Award. His arti- cles have appeared in many magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, Cooking Light, and Bon Appetit. Haedrich makes his home in Rumney, New Hampshire.



In Praise of Apples
Price is $19.95