April White Books in Order

April White introduces the chefs, restaurateurs and food producers shaping Philadelphia's dining scene. Profiles range from celebrated restaurant owners to coffee roasters, bakers and chocolatiers, revealing the people behind the city's evolving culinary identity.

Recipes and conversations with more than fifty chefs trace Philadelphia's transformation into a varied restaurant destination. April White explores the personalities behind its kitchens, bringing their dishes and approaches to cooking into the home kitchen.

April White draws on experienced cidermakers to explain how apples become cider at home. Instructions cover a first still batch, tasting and troubleshooting, then introduce more advanced approaches to sparkling, French-style and ice cider.

Forty lemonade recipes explore traditional drinks and combinations using fruit, ginger and spices. April White offers practical preparation guidance alongside family-friendly refreshments and alcoholic variations, showing how a familiar summer drink can take on different flavors.

In nineteenth-century Sioux Falls, women seeking divorces found freedoms denied elsewhere in America. April White follows four society women whose personal struggles drew national scrutiny and helped reshape arguments about marriage, independence and women's rights.