Serving up the Harvest: 175 Recipes Celebrating the Goodness of Fresh Vegetables
SAVOR THE BOUNTY!\ Buy them at a farmers' market, a grocery store or a roadside farmstand. Or pick them in daily batches from your own garden. No matter where you find your vegetables, their fresh-from-the-earth goodness demands inspired preparation. Andrea Chesman shares more than 175 recipes designed to bring out the very best in whatever produce is peaking now. From spring's first Peas and New Potato Salad to autumn's sweet Caramelized Winter Squash and Onion Pizza, serving up the harvest...
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When height-of-the-season farmers' market offerings are irresistible; when backyard gardens are exploding with what appear to be hundreds of perfect tomatoes; or when the same old methods for cooking green beans or corn don't offer enough flavor, Andrea Chesman is ready with a bounty of creative recipes that bring out the best in fresh produce. Chesman knows what it's like to be facing pounds of perishable vegetables, and as she developed 175 recipes that place garden freshness center stage, she followed these guidelines: Simple. Delicious. Harmonized with the growing seasons. The vegetables are organized by crop-readiness, with many recipes following the wisdom that vegetables that ripen together taste good together. Popular techniques such as roasting and grilling bring out the flavor in recipes such as Grilled Chicken and Asparagus Salad, Roasted Leek Tart, Soy-Sesame Grilled Eggplant, and Maple Roasted Carrots. Main-dish and side salads abound: Beet and New Potato Salad, Warm Mushroom Salad, Spinach Salad with Feta and Pecans, Everyday Tomato-Cucumber Salad. And the deep flavors of autumn are celebrated in Braised Belgian Endives, Holiday Brussels Sprouts with Pecans and Cranberries, and Chocolate Chip Carrot Cake. Serving Up the Harvest is an inspirational collection for everyone who wants to enjoy fresh, local, seasonal vegetables with every meal.
Preface Acknowledgments The Well-Stocked Pantry Mastering the Basics: Methods & Recipes\ Spring into Summer Asparagus: A Perennial Favorite Peas: Always Sweet, Always Welcome Spinach: A Very Compliant Green Salad Greens: The Spring Tonic Salad Dressings Height of the Season: Spring\ Early to Mid-Summer Beets: Upbeat about Beets Broccoli: A Popular Vegetable with Many Cousins Cucumbers: Think Pickles Snap Beans: You'll Never Have Too Many Once You Try Roasting Them Swiss Chard: Easy, Delicious, Beautiful Zucchini & Summer Squash: Nature's Blank Palette\ Mid- to Late Summer Artichokes: Noble Vegetables Celery & Celery Root: No Thriving with Neglect Chiles & Peppers: Some Like 'em Hot Corn: An Ancient Plant of Many Uses Eggplant: Made for the Grill Fennel: A Vegetable That Deserves More Attention Okra: The Garden Beauty Queen Shell Beans: They Weren't All Created Equal Sweet Potatoes: A Real Headliner Tomatoes: The Stars of Summer Height of the Season: Summer\ Fall into Winter Belgian Endives: The Basement Harvest Brussels Sprouts: Love 'em or Leave 'em Cabbage: Speaks Many Languages Carrots: Who Knew They Were So Much Better Fresh?\ Cauliflower: Queen or Brat of the Garden?\ Garlic: Planting Hope Each Fall Jerusalem Artichokes: They Grow Like Weeds Kale: A Green in Many Colors Leeks: Delicate Members of the Onion Family Onions: A Flavor Worth Savoring Parsnips: Who'd Have Thought They Could Be This Good?\ Potatoes: Baked, Boiled & Knished Rutabagas: They Aren't Turnips Winter Squash & Pumpkins: The Pumpkin's in the Pie Height of the Season: Fall into Winter\ Appendix Preserving the Harvest Resources Index
