Ysanne Spevack was the Master Gardener at The Ranch at Live Oak, Malibu for 3 years, creating a 2-acre edible garden with their team, in conversation with the chef. When it was time for The Ranch to write a cookbook, she was the natural choice as an established cookbook writer who is intimate with The Ranch’s ethos.
The resulting cookbook was a ghost-write, published under the names of the founders of The Ranch, Sue and Alex Glasscock, with their brand vision as the foundation of the book. The writing and the recipe development were led by Ysanne, and she was recognized in spoken word interviews by the founders of The Ranch as being fundamental to the book. It’s a beautiful cookbook, with photography by Sara Remington and additional recipes by Jeanne Kelley.
Here are four selected reviews:
The book was published by Rizzoli in 2015, and had an extensive national promotion campaign, including interviews with the Glasscocks on Good Morning, America. The project was led by Jill Cohen and Susan Magrino.
The books is available internationally in book stores, and online at Amazon.