Books by Jackie Alpers

Author cooks, styles and photographs food in her natural-light studio and documents food & travel on location.UNESCO designated Tucson as the first capitol of gastronomy.Edited and designed by former Williams Sonoma cookbook developers, this will be gifty and luxe produced.Her popular food photography and recipe blog "Jackie's Happy Plate", showcases her culinary adventures as a Midwesterner transplanted to the Sonoran Desert.She is especially interested in the emotional, psychological and spiritual relationship that people have with food and drink. Food lends itself to vast symbolism and interpretation and she loves the rituals surrounding it.She has been featured in articles for Reader's Digest, CNN, Good Morning America, The New York Times & NPR. Her food blog, Jackie's Happy Plate has been featured in numerous online publications including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Glamour, Better Homes and Gardens, MSN, Brit + Co. and Buzzfeed Food.Well-connected, her photography clients include: Random House, Knopf, Simon & Schuster, The Globe Pequot Press, Quirk Books, Sterling Publishing, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Canyon Ranch Health Resorts, Arizona Tourism, Loews Hotels, NBC/Universal, Epicurious.com, AARP Magazine and The U.S. White House. Her book project, Angry Birds; Bad Piggies' Egg Recipes, won "Best First Cookbook in the World" at the 2011 Gourmand Cookbook Awards. The app, released in October, 2012, which she photographed and edited, is the best-selling cookbook app in the USA, China and numerous other countries.She is the recipient of numerous awards from American Photography, The Photographer's Master Cup, ASMP and the International Photography Awards (Lucie's).

Ready, set, sprinkles! Bake dozens of delicious desserts with a colorful twist.Sprinkles!features step-by-step recipes for making the world a sweeter andsparklier place, one pinch at a time! Inside you'll find:Breakfast Sweets:Colorful ways to start your day, including Belgian Pearl Sugar Waffles, Sprinkles-Stuffed French Toast, Fairy Bread Sandwiches, Homemade Pop Tarts, and addictive Gingersnap Cookie Butter.Cookies, Cakes, and Pies:Sprinkley recipes for everything from classic baked goods like Black and White Cookies and Rainbow Layer Caketo such modern favorites as Holiday Cake Pops and Orange Dreamsicle Cookies.Snacks and Party Fare:Share the sweetness with crowd-friendly fare, including Brazilian Chocolate Truffles, Meringue Kisses, Chocolate Bark, Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream Cones, and Birthday Cake Martinis.Plus a guide to identifying sprinkles (so you can tell your sequins from your nonpareils), recipes for homemade sprinkles (to customize to your heart's desire), and tips and techniques for sprinkling like a pro. Make everything magical withSprinkles!