The Farmers' Market Cookbook
Nina Planck
- “A
- celebration
- of
- [fruit]
- and
- vegetable
- treasures
- .
- .
- .
- packed
- with
- clear,
- concise
- recipes,
- written
- in
- a
- no–nonsense
- style”
- (Farmers
- Weekly).No
- one
- knows
- fresh
- vegetables
- like
- Nina
- Planck.
- She
- grew
- up
- in
- Virginia,
- picking
- tomatoes,
- corn,
- beans,
- melons,
- and
- more
- on
- the
- family
- farm,
- and
- selling
- it
- all
- at
- nascent
- farmers’
- markets.
- From
- the
- age
- of
- nine,
- she’s
- answered
- every
- question
- urban—and
- country—eaters
- have
- about
- produce.
- In
- 1999,
- Nina
- found
- herself
- living
- in
- London
- and,
- homesick
- for
- local
- food,
- she
- started
- London’s
- first
- farmers’
- market.In
- The
- Farmers’
- Market
- Cookbook,
- Nina
- explains
- what
- the
- farmer
- knows
- about
- every
- vegetable
- from
- asparagus
- to
- zucchini—and
- what
- the
- cook
- needs
- to
- know.
- In
- more
- than
- thirty
- chapters,
- each
- dedicated
- to
- cooking
- with
- the
- freshest
- fruits
- and
- vegetables,
- Nina
- offers
- simple
- and
- delicious
- recipes
- for
- beef,
- pork,
- chicken,
- and
- fish,
- as
- well
- as
- a
- passel
- of
- ideas
- for
- perfect
- side
- dishes,
- soups,
- and
- desserts—all
- with
- produce
- in
- the
- lead
- role.
- Try
- Roast
- Pork
- Chops
- with
- Apple
- &
- Horseradish
- Stuffing,
- Blueberry
- &
- Almond
- Crisp,
- and
- Risotto
- with
- Oyster
- Mushrooms.
- Nina
- also
- offers
- tips
- only
- farmers
- would
- know,
- kitchen
- strategies,
- options
- for
- a
- surplus,
- advice
- on
- what
- to
- buy
- at
- the
- market
- and
- when,
- what
- to
- look
- for
- in
- an
- eggplant
- or
- a
- blueberry,
- and
- how
- to
- keep
- it
- all
- fresh.As
- informative
- as
- it
- is
- beautiful,
- The
- Farmers’
- Market
- Cookbook
- is
- perfect
- for
- any
- cook
- who
- has
- stared
- helplessly
- at
- fresh
- produce,
- praying
- for
- inspiration.Foreword
- by
- Nigel
- Slater,
- English
- food
- writer,
- journalist,
- and broadcaster.
