The Harvest Eating Cookbook
BY KEITH SNOW
RUNNING PRESS. 296P $29.95
Towns and garden centers everywhere are hosting farmer's markets for local growers to showcase and sell their produce directly to neighborhood families. This is the perfect time for cookbooks to offer new recipes and ways of preparing the food that can be found at these venues. Not only is The Harvest Eating Cookbook full of delectable photos but the recipes are reasonable in length, simple to prepare, tasty and nutritious. The author, Kevin Snow, also includes recipes for making your own healthy pancake mix and homemade yogurt, and salad dressings as well as canning tips and other ways to avoid store bought products. Snow shares his own family's efforts to make the majority of the food they eat. Depending on how dedicated one is to cooking their own food, this cookbook will appeal to many types of cooks. A simple key is provided to indicate what seasons might be best to find the fresh ingredients for the dish. Luckily, many of the recipes can be easily made all four seasons.
The recipes for flour less chocolate cake and Parmesan crisps do require a knowledge of technique, but this is not true for the majority of the recipes. The tomato pie recipe, for instance, is a delightful new way to use up the abundance of summer tomatoes using a sweet pie crust, or pate brise, that is the same as the crust used for many tarts. Some of the recipes may be familiar but with Snow's help they are transformed into healthier versions. His homemade pancake mix, for example, ups its fiber content by substituting all white flour for a mixture of white, wheat, and rye flour. The result are pancakes that have the expected taste but added nutritional value. This is a cookbook that should be kept on hand in the kitchen.
Karen M. Mallozzi - May 6, 2010
Karen M. Mallozzi lives in New England and is a member of her local garden club. She grows her own vegetables every year and tries new recipes and techniques whenever she gets a chance.
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