With more than 85 recipes for muffins, mains, pastries and preserves, Julie Van Rosendaal features "the heady sensuousness of the peaches and plums, the sweet crispness of the apples and pears, and the zesty sweetness of the cherries and apricots" grown by the 500 farmer families of BC Tree Fruits Association for her seventh cookbook, Out of the Orchard: Recipes for Fresh Fruits from the Sunny Okanagan (Touchwood, 2016). She's a food editor of Parents Canada magazine and a contributing food editor at Western Living.

Out of the Orchard: Recipes for Fresh Fruits from the Sunny Okanagan (Touchwood, 2016) $29.95 9781771511322

[BCBW 2016]