Celebrating less familiar and more unique produce such as mustard greens, kumquats, spigarello, nettles, fava leaves and sunchokes, an illustrated cookbook, through 150 simple but distinct recipes, encourages us to embrace these blossoms, berries, leaves and roots and use them to satisfy our need for a diversity of plant life in our diets.

The best-selling author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone shares a collection of delectable recipes and menus based on the outstanding seasonal ingredients found in farmers' markets across the country, featuring Soft Tacos with Roasted Green Chiles, Roast Chicken with Herbs Under the Skin, and other mouthwatering treats. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Go beyond guacamole! Research shows that adding an avocado a day to your diet helps improve your overall health, and this cookbook will show you how to enjoy avocados in 70 delicious and different ways. Even most avocado lovers don'’t know what to do with them beyond adding a slices or two to a sandwich or mashing one into guacamole. Here are 70 simple and delicious tasty recipes for everything from breakfast to dessert, including Green Chile and Avocado Cornbread, Avocado and Shrimp Fettucine, and Avocado Key Lime Pie. Lara Ferroni educates readers on the various kinds of avocados and how to pick them, store them, and even grow them! Home cooks will learn how to make use avocado butter, oil, and honey, and how to incorporate avocados into any every meal of the day.

"This is a cookbook for vegetable lovers... and vegetable haters." In The Roasted Vegetable, Revised and Expanded Edition, Andrea Chesman is back to show home cooks, vegetable lovers (and haters), and everyone who loves to cook, how every vegetable imaginable can be oven-roasted to succulent perfection. This wide-ranging collection of 175 mouthwatering recipes is sure to please even the fussiest eaters. With recipes from simply sensational sides like Mixed Roasted Mushrooms in a Soy Vinaigrette to satisfying main dishes like Baked Orzo with Roasted Fennel and Red Peppers, vegetable lovers and vegetable haters alike will find here tasty, tempting dishes that don't require a lot of fuss. Now with 4-color photography to whet every appetite!

Dick & James Strawbridge show you how to grow, harvest, preserve, cook and make the most of your local produce - ultimately, it's all about the eating!

This is a grilling book dedicated to vegetables that eat like meat. The first of its kind, this cookbook features 60 recipes that star vegetables caramelized into succulence for satisfying, flavor-forward meals. Cauliflower "steaks," broccoli burgers, and beets that slow-smoke like a brisket are just three of the meaty but meatless meals to base a great cookout around. More than 30 stunning images showcase the beauty and variety of these recipes, each of which includes instructions for charcoal and gas grilling as well as using a grill pan on the stovetop or under the broiler. For vegetarians, those who love to grill, and anyone looking for more creative ways to prepare vegetables, this handbook is destined to live beside the grill.

The first cookbook from New York magazine food editors Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld, based on their popular column, In Season collects more that 140 recipes from the country's finest chefs and restaurants, using fresh farmers'-market ingredients.

Apple aficionados rejoice: this versatile fruit inspires applause in power-up breakfasts, satisfying snacks, and delectable desserts, accompanied by stories and tips to bring joy to your kitchen.

Discusses the techniques of choosing and preparing mushrooms, introduces the leading edible types, and shares recipes for main and side dishes