Three New Cookbooks Serve Up Recipes for Peak Apple Season

The roundup draws from 2025 releases to offer fresh takes with clear guidance for choosing apples and getting dishes on the table.

Overview

Written by Nicole Hvidsten for the Minnesota Star Tribune, the feature was published September 22, 2025 and distributed by Tribune Content Agency.
An Apple Compote from Jacques Pépin’s The Art of Jacques Pépin (Harvest, 2025; $35) recalls the French tradition of serving apple compote as dessert.
Stella Drivas’ Invisible Apple Loaf Cake from Hungry Happens: Mediterranean (Clarkson Potter, 2025; $35) calls for sweet apples such as Fuji, Honeycrisp or Pink Lady and very thin slicing.
Dan Buettner’s Roasted Cabbage Steaks With Apples from The Blue Zones Kitchen One Pot Meals (National Geographic, 2025; $35) pairs the bake with an Apple Balsamic Vinaigrette that keeps up to two weeks.
Practical notes include variety recommendations, thin mandoline slicing for the loaf, swap options like ripe pears, gluten-free flour substitutions, and simple storage guidance.