Rosalind Creasy's Recipes From The Garden: 200 Exciting Recipes from the Author of the Complete Book of Edible Landscaping - Hardcover

Creasy, Rosalind

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804837686 ISBN 13: 9780804837682

Publisher: Tuttle Pub, 2008

Synopsis

Luscious, perfectly ripe tomatoes; crisp, sweet melons; sharp onions and mellow garlic-nothing tastes better than freshly picked food right out of the garden.

This collection of mouth-watering recipes from Rosalind Creasy, a pioneer of the edible landscaping movement, will help you celebrate the incredible flavors of the garden-fresh vegetables, fruits and herbs waiting in your backyard. Feast on delicious, fresh salads ranging from the classic-Basic Garden Salad, Tangy Mesclun Salad and Creamy Caesar Salad-to the extraordinary-Crab and Asparagus Salad with Fancy Greens and Sorrel Dressing, Watermelon Spicy Salad and Flower Confetti Salad. Indulge with Rhubarb and Strawberry Cobbler, Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce, Gardener's Spring Lamb and Savory Bread Pudding with Sorrel and Baby Artichokes.

Featuring delectable recipes perfect for both vegetarians and meat eaters; for family breakfasts, solo lunches, and grand, celebratory dinners; this indispensable cookbook will broaden your food horizons and inspire countless delicious and healthy meals.

About this title

About the Author:

Rosalind Creasy, a noted gardening authority, is the author of The Complete Book of Edible landscaping, which won the Garden Writers of America's Best General Book. A landscape designer and expert gardener, she is also the contributor to several major gardening magazines,including Country Living Gardening. Creasy resides in Los Altos, CA.

Review:

"Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden is not just another pretty-face cookbook. This one has depth. Spend five minutes with it and your cooking energies will be revitalized. Spend a half-hour and you'll be dreaming of a far more extensive vegetable garden for next year. This is a cookbook to be trusted and used again and again."—The American Gardener

"This beautifully illustrated cookbook will inspire you to become not only a better cook but also a more passionate gardener."—Today's Diet & Nutrition

"Her latest includes an eclectic mix of recipes highlighting her garden's bounty, from Riot of Color Salad (garnished with pansies and other edible flowers) to Pea Shoots with Crab Sauce. Some of the recipes are unusual; others are as familiar as New England Boiled Dinner."—Library Journal

"Popular in Europe, salad gardens have started winning over fans in America. If you plant now, in six weeks you'll have homegrown, tossable greens to enjoy for months. Rosalind Creasy-author of Recipes From the Garden (Tuttle Publishing), due out next month-suggests planting ingredients that speak to your palate. These three picks with a French twist make her mouth water."—Spirit

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Pub
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0804837686
• ISBN 13: 9780804837682
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208