Food Gift Love

Author: Maggie Battista

Publisher: Harvest

Date: October 13, 2015

Maggie Battista is a cookbook author, writer, marketing strategist, and event designer. She’s also co-founder of The Fresh Collective, a networking group for female food entrepreneurs, and co-host of the Made Fresh podcast, a show that brings fresh perspectives to a range of topics like food & cooking; entrepreneurship; wellness; the complexities of midlife; and more. In 2007, she founded Eat Boutique, an award-winning online food shop and story-driven recipe site. After creating pop-up Eat Boutique food markets for 25,000 guests, she’s working to open her first retail food concept space and also advising operators who are creating mixed-use retail and restaurant developments. Maggie’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Eater, Boston Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Financial Times, and Refinery29 and has written for Food52, Time Out New York, Southern Living Magazine, The National Post, and The Kitchn. A New Way to Food: 100 Recipes to Encourage a Healthy Relationship with Food, Nourish Your Beautiful Body, and Celebrate Real Wellness for Life is her second cookbook.