She’s done it again! Terry Walters is back with a second installment of her innovative and creative recipes. Normally, I’m not too crazy with vegan recipe collections because of their heavy reliance on tofu and tendency to try to imitate meat despite the fact that produce is so wonderful in its own right. Terry, however, [...]
You’ve probably baked with almonds and walnuts and pecans; if you’re a fan of Southeast Asian or Indian food, you’ve probably cooked with peanuts. But have you done much with hazelnuts or chestnuts or macadamias in the kitchen? I know I haven’t! And that’s a shame, because nuts are one of the most nutritious ingredients [...]
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I cannot say enough good things about Heidi Swanson’s first cookbook (her second cookbook, Super Natural Every Day, just hit the shelves): she emphasizes good-quality ingredients, she uses a wide variety of ingredients, many of her dishes are overlaid with international flavor and flair, and her photography — which she does herself — is stunning. [...]
I’ll be honest: this is not a book for the casual cook. Or for someone who isn’t somewhat obsessed with Thai cooking and Thai culture and all things Thai. If you’re serious about Thai cuisine, though, or if you’ve always wanted to know more than you thought was possible to know about Thai cuisine, this [...]
Want to know what to do with burdock? Or salsify? Or true yam, or black radish, or any of the other seasonal oddities you may have spotted at the market? Elizabeth Schneider has done a thorough (and enchanting!) job of providing readers with plenty of examples of and recipes for less-common plant foods. Each section [...]
“Wildman” Steve Brill inadvertently kicked off his foraging/educational career by getting arrested for eating dandelions in New York’s Central Park in 1986. That led to nationwide fame, late-night appearances, and his first published book, Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in the Wild (and Not So Wild). This cookbook is his second major work, [...]
The celebrated author of Please to the Table — which most regard as THE definitive Russian cookbook in English — has since turned her sights to many other cuisines, including Latin and South Pacific. Fiesta is a wonderful collection of all things really south of the border, from Brazilian vatapá to the ubiquitous gallo pinto-style [...]
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Aside from this cookbook’s immediate one-dish/one-pot appeal, the wide variety of simple dishes it offers makes for a great jumping-off point to dream up your own dinners. (The recipes in the “Main Salads” and “Soups & Stews” sections are particularly changeable.) This isn’t one of those glossy cookbooks with lavish pictures, but the 275 recipes [...]
Okay, I admit that I’m a sucker for Spanish food. And that I regard La Boquería in Barcelona (one of the world’s most tantalizing farmer’s markets) as holy ground. But I think that this cookbook would appeal to anybody who likes good food, whether they’ve been to Spain or not. This book is all about [...]
Not only is it enlivening to browse through recipes based on what can come out of your own garden, it’s a refreshing relief to see that the author lives in Vermont, not California or Florida. Proof positive that you can have a successful garden wherever you are! And even if you don’t have a garden, [...]
