{"id":4757,"date":"2012-10-21T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T01:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2012-10-21T18:36:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T01:36:00","slug":"an-october-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2012\/10\/21\/an-october-macedonia\/","title":{"rendered":"October Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/granellidipsicologia.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/05\/melograno21.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n\u201cThere is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October\u201d<br \/>\nNathaniel Hawthorne (American Novelist)<br \/>\n<em>\u201cOctober, here\u2019s to you. Here\u2019s to the heady aroma of the frost-kissed apples, the wine-y spell of ripened grapes, the wild-as-the-wind smell of hickory nuts and the nostalgic whiff of that first wood smoke\u201d<\/em>. \u2013 Ken Weber<br \/>\ncopyright 2012 Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati<br \/>\n<strong>An October Macedonia<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Serves 4<\/strong><br \/>\n5 slices of fresh pineapple<br \/>\n1 banana<br \/>\n1\/2 apple<br \/>\n1 small bunch of white grapes<br \/>\n1\/2 grapefruit<br \/>\n1\/2 pomegranate<br \/>\n10 hazelnuts<br \/>\n1\/2 cup Campari<br \/>\nWash grapes, and cut each grape in half. Place in a glass bowl.<br \/>\nPeel pomegranate and remove seeds and place in bowl with grapes.<br \/>\nCut pineapple slices into small pieces, peel and cut apple into small cubes. Place both into bowl with grapes. Peel banana and slice into 1\/4 inch slices, add into bowl. chop hazelnuts and place in bowl. Squeeze 1\/2 grapefruit over fruit. Optional:add in 1\/2 glass Campari<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Thanks to everyone that stopped by the Taste of Philly Show and the Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce Event ..enjoyed seeing everyone and appreciate your support! <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hope to see you at<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>October 27th-3PM&nbsp; at&nbsp;&nbsp; Wendell-August in Exton, Pa.<\/strong> for a Holiday book signing and sampling. Please join us for a special Holiday event at one of my favorite places, such a beautiful location filled with beautiful items!<br \/>\n<strong>November 20th at 1-3 PM&nbsp; Williams-Sonoma<\/strong>, Lexington and 59th Sts. In NYC for a book singing, holiday recipe sampling with the pro chef boards.<br \/>\nHoliday Gift Guide 2012 will be coming out shortly!<br \/>\nFor more great recipes get your copy of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays &amp; Special Occasions-2nd edition at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\">www.marialiberati.com<\/a> or get your own digital copy exclusively at Kindle..<br \/>\n<a class=\"thickbox\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cover-book-2nd-edition-0012.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"cover- book 2nd edition-001\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cover-book-2nd-edition-001_thumb2.jpg?resize=187%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover- book 2nd edition-001\" width=\"187\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cThere is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October\u201d Nathaniel Hawthorne&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1092,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,708,1835,1345],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","tag-easy-dessert-recipes","tag-easy-fresh-fruit-dishes","tag-easy-fruit-recipes","tag-fresh-apples","tag-fresh-pineapples","tag-fresh-pomegranate","tag-macedonia","tag-october","tag-the-basic-art-of-italian-cooking-by-maria-liberati-tm"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}