Amy Traverso

Amy Traverso is the senior food editor at Yankee magazine and co-host of the public television series, Weekends with Yankee. Her first book, The Apple Lover's Cookbook, won a 2012 Best Cookbook award in the "American" category by the International Association of Culinary Professionals and was a finalist for the Julia Child Award for for best first-time author. Previously, she was food editor at Boston magazine and an associate food editor at Sunset magazine. She has appeared on The Martha Stewart Show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay and Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.