Corn: Roasted, Creamed, Simmered and More [Paperback]

Olwen Woodier (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2002

Nothing is more sublime than the taste of the first fresh corn of the season, steaming hot, slathered with butter, and lightly salted. Award-winning cookbook author Olwen Woodier explains how to best enjoy fresh corn, as well as how to freeze or preserve that farm-fresh taste so that corn lovers can add the nutritious goodness of corn and cornmeal to the menu all year long. Imagine steaming hot cornmeal porridge on a winter's morning, a savory bowl of corn chowder after that first day planting the garden, or a Cinco de Mayo fiesta complete with homemade tortillas.

The texture, wholesome goodness, and flavor of corn make it a remarkably versatile grain, complementing everything from frittatas to Posole, souffles to Shepherd's Pie. In Corn, author Olwen Woodier celebrates this downhome, delicious, all-purpose comfort food through 140 easy-to-prepare recipes. Here are corn starters: Tortilla Pizza, Blue Blazes Hush Puppies. Corn Soups: Tortilla Soup, Lobster and Corn Chowder. Corn Salads: Black Bean, Corn and Tomato Salad, Corn Pasta Salad with Roasted Garlic Dressing. Corn in the main: Salmon with Corn Pancakes, Corn-Tortilla Crusted Fish, Corn and Cheese Tamales. Breads: Bacon-Scallion Muffins, Skillet Corn Bread.

Woodier also includes a complete history of corn, a cook's primer on corn varieties, corn nutritional information, and special grower and chef profiles.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The author of The Apple Cookbook here offers 140 recipes featuring another one of her favorite ingredients, from appetizers to desserts, along with breakfast dishes, snacks, and lots of breads and muffins. Most of the recipes are simple and homey; some are vegetarian, and several feature tofu, but this is a vegetable, not a vegetarian, cookbook. (One caveat: Woodier mentions that she usually does not cook with salt, and readers who are not on restricted diets will no doubt find that they need to add some to many of the dishes.) Betty Fussell's Crazy for Corn is the cookbook on the topic (she also wrote a history, The Story of Corn), but larger libraries will want to add Woodier's.
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Review

“This book is a wonderful indulgence for corn lovers.” – Country Almanac

 

“… Woodier once again explores a simple subject with sophistication and imagination…” – Publisher Weekly

 

“Award-winning cookbook author Olwen Woodier tells you everything you need to know about corn – how to buy, prepare, and store it…” – BostonHearld.com

 

“Author Woodier encourages people to think out of the box and off the cob.” – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (July 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158017454X
• ISBN-13: 978-1580174541
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,479,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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