Customer Reviews

Cooking from the Farmers' Market (Williams-Sonoma)

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We receive a share of produce each week from our local CSA farm. This book is laid out perfectly, I just look up what we have in our box that week (for example fava beans or green beans) and there are 3-4 amazing recipes. So far every recipe I have tried has been easy to make, healthy, and delicious. Now I never have to worry about what I am going to do with the produce I receive. Covers vegetables and fruit and I dare you not to get hungry looking at the gorgeous photos!

So far every recipe I've tried from this book has turned out well. It's nice to go to a farmers market now and buy things I've never even tried before (watermelon radishes?), because I know when I get home there will be at least one, if not three, recipes I can use. Most of the recipes are elegantly simple, like the butter lettuce salad with mustard vinaigrette, fresh chives, tarragon, and parsley. So delicious. About the only modification I make to many of these recipes is to dial down the garlic. This is not an entirely vegetarian cookbook. Most recipes are vegetarian, but not all, so there are also a few fish and chicken and beef recipes, and they all look good as well. The book stays open when you lay it down on the kitchen counter, which is nice. Beautiful illustrations and beautiful layout.

We joined a local CSA with a variety of local grown, organic vegetables coming to our house each week. Instead of cooking the same thing each week, we were looking for new ways to cook vegetables and fruits. This book is educational in so many ways. First, it talks about buying vegetables and fruits in season and lists the "in season" time. Secondly, each section talks about what to look for and how to preserve fruits and vegetables, and thirdly, it provides a variety of recipes to utilize all of your fruits and veggies. We are looking forward to trying all of these recipes this season. It was recommended to me by a friend and am happy to recommend it to you! (Also, again, Amazon delivered this product before the scheduled date. A nice surprise to come home to.)

I just received my copy of this book and am very impressed with how it is laid out. While not all recipes have pictures, many others do, but what is most impressive is the descriptions given before each individual chapter on the particular vegetable/fruit and the simplicity of preparation. I've got a trip planned to the market coming up and cannot wait to get my hands on some sugar snap peas and strawberries, just to give a go at some of the recipes in these respective sections.

Beautiful and user-friendly, this is a great resource! Divided by vegetable, each section starts with what to look for when buying the item, brief basic information on what it is and how to use it, and tips on working with it. Three recipes highlighting the ingredient follow, along with a beautiful full-page photo of one of them. Grouped by category (beans & peas, cabbages & crucifers, etc), recipes are easy to find and brief. No extensive preparations or complicated processes here!

I appreciated the variety of vegetables covered and the general appeal of the recipes; there were few I'd have to worry about guests or family not being comfortable with. Definitely a keeper destined to be much appreciated this summer!

Loved this book and all the great recipes I can use when I purchase fresh produce from the Farmers Market. This is a great resource for coming up with fresh meals everyday. Would recommend this book!!

This book is one of my produce "bibles". It gives a great overview of many different kinds of produce. The book is grouped by vegetable and first gives you brief information what the veg/fruit is and then the way to use it, buy it, store it and preserve it. The small section in the back of the book about techniques like roasting or blanching vegetables is very helpful for the novice.

You won't find any cutting-edge and avant-garde recipes in this book. The recipes are quite basic, sometimes maybe a bit too basic. Every once in a while I would have wished for something more exiting and challenging, but then again this book is about simple country cooking. It will convince you that there is a life beyond boiled to mush green beans and bland mashed potatoes.

All in all a good resource, especially for people who have not yet learned to like and trust vegetables.

I'm a huge fan of Williams-Sonoma cookbooks, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be this one and Eat Well. Along with tons of delicious and easy to make recipes, it also provides information about how to pick produce and when it's in season.

I am a collector of cookbooks and I have to say this is one of my favorites. It's a favorite not only for the fresh, simple and delicious recipes, but the photographs make this book a work of art. I've used this as a coffee table book even.

I purchased this cook book because it has a great variety of recipes using fresh fruits and vegetables not to mention the beautiful photos. For Easter Dinner I cooked the glazed carrots and made the spinach salad with strawberries and both were a huge hit with my family. Most of the recipes require simple ingredients and are suprisingly easy to make. I definately think this is my favorite cookbook ever.