Joy of Gardening Cookbook Author:Janet Ballantyne, Andrea Chesman, Dorothy Rankin, Didier Delmas (Photographer) Now you can make the most of your garden harvest or capitalize on your grocer's bounty of fresh vegetables. Packed with more than 300 back-to-basics recipes organized by vegetable from A to Z, the Joy of Gardening Cookbook makes it easy to turn a bushel of tomatoes, beans, peppers, zucchini, and other favorites into delicious entr&e... more »acute;es, soups, sauces, side dishes, and even desserts.
Over 350 step-by-step, how-to-do-it and how-to-serve-it photographs clearly illustrate Janet Ballantyne's creative cooking techniques as well as standard methods for blanching, parboiling, sautéing, and stir frying. Tips for saving time in the preparation of meals, cleaning vegetables more easily, and even utilizing vegetables that are slightly gone by, are also included.
Every page offers a new idea for turning everyday vegetables into something special, including:
TOMATOES -- Fried Green Tomatoes, Herbed Chicken & Tomatoes, Tomato Sorbet, Cream of Tomato Soup
POTATOES -- Potato Pancakes, Scalloped Potatoes, Caesar Potato Salad
BEANS -- Blue Cheese & Green Bean Quiche, Black Bean Soup, Bean Almond Pâté, Refried Beans
Home gardeners and smart shoppers need never worry about what to do with a bumper crop again. Just reach for the the Joy of Gardening Cookbook, the well-recognized companion to Dick Raymond's Joy of Gardening.« less