Category: Seasonal Cooking

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Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection by Jessica Prentice [1933392002, Format: EPUB]

Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection by Jessica Prentice

  • Print Length: 374 Pages
  • Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
  • Publication Date: April 1, 2006
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B005O1G2IE
  • ISBN-10: 1933392002
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933392004
  • File Format: EPUB

Full Moon Feast invites us to a table brimming with locally grown foods, radical wisdom, and communal nourishment.

In Full Moon Feast, accomplished chef and passionate food activist Jessica Prentice champions locally grown, humanely raised, nutrient-rich foods and traditional cooking methods. The book follows the thirteen lunar cycles of an agrarian year, from the midwinter Hunger Moon and the springtime sweetness of the Sap Moon to the bounty of the Moon When Salmon Return to Earth in autumn. Each chapter includes recipes that display the richly satisfying flavors of foods tied to the ancient rhythm of the seasons.

Prentice decries our modern food culture: megafarms and factories, the chemically processed ghosts of real foods in our diets, and the suffering–physical, emotional, cultural, communal, and spiritual–born of a disconnect from our food sources. She laments the system that is poisoning our bodies and our communities.

But Full Moon Feast is a celebration, not a dirge. Prentice has emerged from her own early struggles with food to offer health, nourishment, and fulfillment to her readers. She recounts her relationships with local farmers alongside ancient harvest legends and methods of food preparation from indigenous cultures around the world.

Combining the radical nutrition of Sally Fallon’s Nourishing Traditions, keen agri-political acumen, and a spiritual sensibility that draws from indigenous as well as Western traditions, Full Moon Feast is a call to reconnect to our food, our land, and each other.

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Cooking in Season: 100 Recipes for Eating Fresh by Brigit Binns [1681882574, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Cooking in Season: 100 Recipes for Eating Fresh
  • Autor: Brigit Binns
  • Print Length: 176 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Weldon Owen (October 10, 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B077ZL32K8
  • ISBN-10: 1681882574
  • ISBN-13: 978-1681882574
  • File Format: EPUB

Beautiful photos accompany refreshingly simple and wholesome recipes that showcase the best ingredients and flavors of each season.

More than 90 recipes highlight the best of each season’s bounty. With four chapters – one for each season – recipes feature ingredients at the height of their flavor and freshness, inspiring light and flavorful cooking throughout the year. Lush, full-color photography beautifully illustrates the vibrancy of fresh, ripe ingredients. Special features explore seasonal approaches to easy classics such as toasts, bowls, puff pastry tarts, and cocktails.

Cooking in Season is the ultimate handbook for utilizing the best of each season’s ingredients in a collection of simple, yet sublimely flavorful, recipes. From starters, soups and salads through main courses and desserts, freshness in flavor and preparation is effortlessly attained.

Sample Recipes
Spring
Shaved Artichoke, Celery & Fennel Salad; Sesame Ginger Noodles with Sprouts, Leeks & New Potatoes; Grilled Lamb Chops with Spring Herb Salsa Verde; Pavlova with Meyer Lemon Curd & Strawberries.

Summer
Grilled Peach Flatbread with Mozzarella, Pickled Onion & Arugula; Summer Vegetable Ceviche: Grilled Salmon with Stone Fruit Mojo; Watermelon Mojito Ice Pops.

Autumn
Honeyed Fig, Blue Cheese & Walnut Crostini with Honey; Chopped Chard Salad with Wheat Berries, Persimmon & Pepitas; Cider-Braised Chicken with Acorn Squash Ragout; Apple Fritters with Cardamom Cream.

Winter
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Brussels Sprout Hash; Mixed Citrus Salad with Mache & Fennel; Beef Tenderloin with Celery Root & Potato Puree; Grapefruit Sorbet with Candied Ginger.

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Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook: Creating Big Flavors from the Freshest Produce by Mary Beth Burner Shaddix [0848739159, Format: EPUB]

  • Title: Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook: Creating Big Flavors from the Freshest Produce
  • Autor: Mary Beth Burner Shaddix
  • Print Length: 288 pages
  • Publisher (Publication Date): Oxmoor House (April 16, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00BLPXCYY
  • ISBN-10: 0848739159
  • ISBN-13: 978-0848739157
  • File Format: EPUB

Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook shares the secrets to buying, growing, and cooking your favorite fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Bursting with beautiful color photographs, this book is an invaluable resource for home cooks, novice gardeners, and food lovers alike. Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook includes:

  • More than 200 full-color photos
  • Organized by fruits, vegetables, and herbs makes it easy to find recipes and information for the fresh produce you have right now
  • 150+ recipes that utilize the fresh taste of the season’s best produce in main dishes, sides, salads, dessert, and more
  • Easy getting-started gardening tips from Mary Beth Shaddix, Cooking Light‘s expert gardener, for growing your own fruits and vegetables, whether it’s in your backyard or on your windowsill
  • A complete nutritional analysis for each recipe