"Author Drew Ramsay and Chef Jennifer Iserloh thought it would be fun to create a cookbook that merged two of the most popular trends sweeping America: bondage and kale. So they teamed up to quickly self-published an ebook: 50 Shades of Kale. And it turned out to be more than just fun-27,000 downloads later, they realized they were onto something. Now for the first time in hardcover, the book has been redesigned; re-shot with beautiful 4-color photography; and re-imagined with new content and recipes. The result is a gorgeous, sexy cookbook that offers readers 50 different ways to enjoy one of the healthiest vegetables in existence. Written with a playful nod to its inspiration, 50 Shades of Kale introduces kale as an enticing seductress whose nutrient powers and mouth-watering flavor make her one sought-after vegetable. The book offers a nutritional overview, kale cooking tips, and a tutorial on the various varieties of kale, as well as 50 delicious ways to have your kale and eat it too"--

Honey Crisp. Puritan. Fuji. Twenty-One. Rhode Island Greening. Newtown Pippin. Jerseymac. What's a cook to do with the varieties of apples appearing at supermarkets, orchards, and farmer's markets all over North America? Apples most often bring to mind sweet desserts, such as pies and cakes, but their superb texture and flavor can also be used to great effect in savory dishes. Grated, sliced, or cubed, an apple adds instant flavor without overwhelming other ingredients. APPLE COOKBOOK includes more than 150 recipes such as Breakfasts: Sausage and Apple Omelets, Apple Corn Hotcakes, and Apple Raisin Turnovers. Starters: Prosciutto Apple Wedges and Apple Cheese Spread. Soups: Black Bean and Mulligatawny. Salads: Potato Apple Salad, Apple Slaw, and Curried Chicken Salad. Side Dishes: Maple Sweet Potato Casserole and Sausage and Apple Stuffing. Entrees: Cod and Apple Curry, Beef and Apple Deep Dish Pie, and Lamb Stew. And, of course, Desserts: Apple and Raisin Deep Dish Pie, Apple Crumb Pie, Apple Cranberry Meringue Pie, Apple Sauce Tart, Hank Keenan's Peach and Apple Pie, Apple Cream Cheese Tart, French Apple Tart, and Pumpkin-Apple Pie. Top the classic Harvest Apple Pie with a slice of Vermont Cheddar cheese, and the pie still represents the best of American cooking - simple and delicious. First published in 1984, the Tastemaker Award-winning APPLE COOKBOOK has been completely revised and updated. Gene Shalit of NBC's Today Show says, "bushels of good recipes...this bounty of apple ideas is a pick of the cookbook crop."

Everyone from farmers and foodies to celebrity chefs has gone mad for kale! For those eager to get in on this healthy, tasty trend, here is a fun-to-read, one-stop resource for all things kale, including more than 75 delicious recipes to entice, satisfy, and boost well-being. Stephanie Pedersen, a holistic health counselor, provides dozens of tips for making kale delicious and desirable to even the most finicky eater.

The chef, restaurant owner and author of A Girl and Her Pig presents a sumptuously photographed collection of seasonal vegetable recipes that offers such options as Pot-Roasted Romanesco Broccoli and Onions With Sage Pesto. 30,000 first printing.

"Marrying the art of butchery with the joy of gorgeous seasonal produce, The Vegetable Butcher is the fresh, inspiring and essential guide that demystifies the world of vegetables, from exotic crosnes and gnarly celeriac to the amazingly versatile everyday potato. It's the book that show exactly how to prepare an artichoke-plus peel a tomato, chiffonade kale, slice kohlrabi into carpaccio, break down a butternut squash, and cut a cauliflower into steaks. This is a complete vegetable education, from what to look for at the market to how to make vegetables the center of truly distinctive dishes. Over 100 recipes, all vegetarian (and all extraordinarily luscious), celebrate the soul-satisfying flavor of each vegetable-Orange Shallot Fiddlehead Ferns and Ricotta Crostini; a summery Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil Penne with Pine Nuts and Mozzarella; Cauliflower and Caramelized Fennel Soup; a Parsnip-Ginger Layer Cake with Burnt-Buttercream Frosting to sweeten a winter meal. Vegetables are modern, sexy, and outrageously delicious. And now, completely knowable , too"--

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.

The two-time James Beard Award-winning author of Pick a Pickle presents a seasonal collection of 200 recipes using 50 health-bolstering ingredients, from kohlrabi and carrots to beets and Brussels sprouts.

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.