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Commissioned Food Photography for Taste of Home

Commissioned Food Photography for Taste of Home

In 2024 Jackie Alpers was commissioned to cook, style and photograph over 65 step-by-step recipes for Taste of Home. Some of the recipes photographed for Taste of Home include: Vietnamese Chicken Salad Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Gorgonzola Spread Mini S'mores Bites ...

Expert Tips for Making Burritos

Expert Tips for Making Burritos

Jackie Alpers offers tips and advice for making the perfect burrito in article for Tasting Table. Read the article at Tasing Table: How to Add Guacamole to Your Burrito for Freshness in Every Bite. Screenshot

Jackie Alpers is a 2025 American Photography Awards Selected Winner

Jackie Alpers is a 2025 American Photography Awards Selected Winner

My image illustrating the “Kringle 3000 Hot Dog” recipe from my Unofficial Elf Cookbook has been selected for inclusion in the American Photography 41 book!!

These loaded hot dogs were inspired by Santa’s sleigh, powered by the mighty Kringle 3000 engine, that Santa relies on for his epic trek across the globe in the movie “Elf”.

Thank you to the staff and judges at AP-AI, and to the amazing team at Media Lab Books who trusted me to write and photograph The Unofficial Elf Cookbook.

Interview with Jackie Alpers for Beyondish

Interview with Jackie Alpers for Beyondish

Thank you, Elizabeth Hazard for chatting with me about food photography, salad dressings, salsas, Vitamixes... and more for Beyondish. Here's an excerpt: "I majored in both photography and illustration in college and was always drawn to the symbolism and visual appeal...

Addy Award Best in Show!

Addy Award Best in Show!

This Fall/Winter 2023 issue of Tucson Guide Magazine took home the award for best in show at this year’s ADDY Awards! I photographed the cover image for this issue. I could not be more thrilled for them and I am honored to work with such an amazing creative team. Congrats all!

Don’t Forget to Look Up!

Don’t Forget to Look Up!

Magazine article profiling cookbook author Jackie Alpers the 40th anniversary edition of Tucson Guide Magazine.

Taste of Tucson: The Best Gifts for Foodies in AZ

Taste of Tucson: The Best Gifts for Foodies in AZ

Taste of Tucsonthe best gifts for foodies in Arizona, according to the editors at Eat This, Not That!

“Choosing just one dish in Arizona seems almost impossible. This state is flourishing with all kinds of rich dishes and cultures, and this cookbook reflects that. In particular, Arizonians will love the recipes for Adobo Pulled Pork, Red Pozole, and of course, Mini Chimichangas.”

World’s Best Food Photographer!

World’s Best Food Photographer!

“Food photography has been taken to new levels by Jackie Alpers. Using a natural light studio, she creates her meals and photographs the food after. Taking photos of food is more than just a passion for her. She loves eating just as much! Check out her cookbook on the Taste of Tucson, which has won multiple awards!”

Taste of Tucson: American Photography 37 Winner

Taste of Tucson: American Photography 37 Winner

Two images from Taste of Tucson have been chosen for American Photography 37. Having one of my first food photographs selected for American Photography 23 gave me the confidence to continue pursuing a career as a food photographer way back when, and this award...

Taste of Tucson: Reading the West Book Award Finalist

Taste of Tucson: Reading the West Book Award Finalist

Tast of Tucson is a Reading the West Awards Finalist in the Eating the West cookbook category. The Reading the West Book Awards are sponsored and promoted by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association. The awards honor the best fiction,...

Taste of Tucson Cookbook Review in the Arizona Republic Newspaper

Taste of Tucson Cookbook Review in the Arizona Republic Newspaper

“A love letter to Tucson and Sonoran food, food photographer Jackie Alpers takes us not only through southern Arizona cuisine, but also to her favorite spots in the Old Pueblo. The book also notes the culinary influence of the Tohono O’odham people on Tucson.

Review of Taste of Tucson cookbook in Edible Phoenix Magazine

Review of Taste of Tucson cookbook in Edible Phoenix Magazine

Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona (West Margin Press, 2020) by Jackie Alpers, shows off the long food history of the Tucson region and the desert transplant’s love of all foods Sonoran. The book begins with a brief history of...

Taste of Tucson by Jackie Alpers featured on Forbes.com

Taste of Tucson by Jackie Alpers featured on Forbes.com

“Molletes are just these beautiful, open-faced Mexican sandwiches with slathered on ingredients on a roll with hot sauce on top and a fried egg,” Stevens says. “The recipe comes from Jackie Alpers’ new cookbook, Taste of Tucson. It was exciting to put something out there and showcase some of the work that writers like Jackie are doing during the pandemic.” – Ashlie Stevens for Forbes.com.

Independent Booksellers Summer Camp LIVE with Jackie Alpers

Independent Booksellers Summer Camp LIVE with Jackie Alpers

I went to summer camp with the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers. There were no s'mores or sleepovers, but it was still a lot of fun. My short presentation on how the history of Sonoran regional cuisine influenced my Taste of Tucson cookbook starts at...

Vegetarian Taco Recipe by Jackie Alpers Featured on CNN

Vegetarian Taco Recipe by Jackie Alpers Featured on CNN

"A vegetarian taco recipe from Jackie Alpers, author of the Taste of Tucson cookbooks is featured on CNN. There are some great ideas for incorporating more #vegetarian meals to your life." Thank you to the fabulous writer and editor, @misstanyae for including some of...

Tucson Foodie Interview with Taste of Tucson author Jackie Alpers

Tucson Foodie Interview with Taste of Tucson author Jackie Alpers

“Now more than ever, cookbooks are a way to experience regional cuisines from the comfort of home,” said Alpers. “People are doing a lot of armchair traveling these days and cookbooks are a big part of that. People can read up, then get up and into the kitchen, no...

Taste of Tucson Cookbook Review in Eat Your Books

Taste of Tucson Cookbook Review in Eat Your Books

It has been an extremely challenging and emotionally charged time to release a cookbook, so I can’t stress enough how much it means to me that EatYourBooks circled around and gave Taste of Tucson some love.

Taste of Tucson Cookbook Featured in the Phoenix New Times

Taste of Tucson Cookbook Featured in the Phoenix New Times

Taste of Tucson news and press. Taste of Tucson: Sonoran Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona by Jackie Alpers is featured in the article Five Arizona Cookbooks you should know. Link to full article included.

Jackie Alpers Interviewed on the Cookbook Love Podcast With Maggie Green

Jackie Alpers Interviewed on the Cookbook Love Podcast With Maggie Green

“We talk about Jackie’s belief that writing and photographing a cookbook is an inclusive process, along with her experiences as a full-time food photographer, and her ultimate desire to write her own cookbooks, which culminated in two books, one called Sprinkles: Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts which explores the science of sprinkles (Sprinkology!), shares crafty methods for sprinkling, and offers a comprehensive guide to identifying and cooking with them and her most recent book published in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic – Taste of Tucson.”

Taste of Tucson cookbook review in the Arizona Daily Star

Taste of Tucson cookbook review in the Arizona Daily Star

I loved chatting with Andi Berlin about Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes for this wonderful article in the Arizona Daily Star. She included the recipe for menudo that Teresa’s Mosaic Cafe graciously gave me to include in the book. Read the full article.

Sweets Snack Stadium by Jackie Alpers for The Food Network

Sweets Snack Stadium by Jackie Alpers for The Food Network

by Jackie Alpers for the Food Network Your guacamole will need to find a new bowl this year. Our twist on the traditional savory snack stadium shines the spotlight on dessert. I built this over-the-top snack stadium made with all kinds of sweets. Read all about it at...

Jackie Alpers Photography Featured on Lonely Planet

Jackie Alpers Photography Featured on Lonely Planet

Tucson, Arizona America's best food cities for travelers on a budget It may not have made front-page news in America’s biggest cities, but Tucson is a big deal in food circles. It was the first city in the United States to be named a Capital of Gastronomy by...

The Best Cheap Eats in Phoenix, Arizona by Jackie Alpers

The Best Cheap Eats in Phoenix, Arizona by Jackie Alpers

by Jackie Alpers for the Food Network The only real bagel in Arizona is in Scottsdale at the New Wave Market. The smoked salmon everything bagel is a FoodNetwork.com Cheap Eats. Food photography and compilation by Jackie Alpers I found, photographed and wrote about...

Jackie Alpers Makes Eclair Bears for the Food Network

Jackie Alpers Makes Eclair Bears for the Food Network

When is a bear not just a bear? When it’s also an eclair. An eclair bear that is! Here's another one of my fun projects for kids that I've been working on with the Food Network. Start with this eclair recipe, then build your bears from there. I show you how to...

What to Eat in Arizona: Jackie Alpers for the Food Network

What to Eat in Arizona: Jackie Alpers for the Food Network

I’ve written and photographed a guide on what to eat in Arizona for the Food Network. "Grub in the Grand Canyon State: The Best Things to Eat in Arizona," features 29 of the the most iconic dishes across the state.   Though Arizona is geographically and culturally...

Feature Article in Edible Baja Arizona Magazine by Jackie Alpers

Feature Article in Edible Baja Arizona Magazine by Jackie Alpers

I have written and photographed my first feature article for Edible Baja Arizona Magazine that includes a bunch of my super easy summer recipes inspired by Sonoran food classics, including these baked Carne Asada Tostadas with guacamole and pickled red onions. Here's...

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