Eat Your Roses: ...Pansies, Lavender, and 49 Other Delicious Edible Flowers [Spiral-bound]

Denise Schreiber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 20, 2011

This light-hearted, full-color illustrated gift book balances edible flower history and lore with proper handling and preparation techniques, and 50+ recipes (from appetizers and drinks to main dishes and desserts). Eat Your Roses shows us how to look beyond the veggie patch for great food ideas, and check out our flowerbeds. Hardcover with concealed wire binding. Full-color photos throughout.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Eat Your Roses is filled with fascinating recipes to turn beautiful garden blooms into surprising and unforgettable dishes. Be sure to try the pineapple guava smoothie.”

Doug Oster, author of Tomatoes Garlic Basil

From the Back Cover

Roses are Red

 

Violets are Blue…

 

You can have your flowers and eat them too!

In Eat Your Roses, author Denise Schreiber introduces 52 of her favorite edible flowers, their culinary uses and special “sense appeal.” A passionate flower eater and award-winning cook, Denise presents dozens of playful, mouth-watering recipes (from appetizers to desserts to fragrant liqueurs). Get ready to discover calendula corn muffins...and that ultimate floral treat: rose petal ice cream!

 

 

“Eat Your Roses is filled with fascinating recipes to turn beautiful garden blooms into surprising and unforgettable dishes. Be sure to try the pineapple guava smoothie.”

Doug Oster, author of Tomatoes Garlic Basil

 

 

“Eat Your Roses demystifies the culinary preparations of edible flowers. Whether it's an annual, a perennial or even a weed, Denise shows you what can be done. I especially recommend the nasturtium bundles!”

Lisa Marini Finerty, YourGardenShow.com

 

 

“A fresh, fun and interesting approach to not only using flowers from the garden, but the joy of concocting them into creative, delicious dishes…(if you don't like the flower in the garden you can have it for lunch!)”

Stephanie Cohen, “The Perennial Diva”
Co-author of The Nonstop Garden

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 104 pages
• Publisher: St. Lynn's Press; Spi edition (April 20, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 098196155X
• ISBN-13: 978-0981961552
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #449,047 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Denise Schreiber has a rich and varied background in gardening. The granddaughter of Italian immigrant farmers, she has been in the garden since she was 5, harvesting the abundant produce of the family garden. After working at various jobs, she became involved again with horticulture, including going back to school for a degree in floriculture. During a magical trip to the gardens of England and Wales, she discovered rose petal ice cream which she now considers food of the gods. Searching for more edible flower recipes upon her return home, she began a sold out edible flowers food fest in Pittsburgh which is now in it's 12th year with attendees from many states.Each year she adds new recipes to the inventory. In 2010 she began to write "Eat Your Roses" and Pansies, Lavender and 49 other delicious flowers.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Perfect Combination August 31, 2011

By PA

Format:Spiral-bound

If you love gardening and you love to cook, this book is the perfect combination of both. Eating and decorating with flowers has long been a hobby of mine and this book still taught me a few new tricks. Beside serving up the most beautiful meals this is a fantastic way to introduce children to world of gardening and cooking!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars What a useful book! November 13, 2011

By Martha

Format:Spiral-bound

Part botanical guide, part cookbook, this terrific spiral-bound book opens with all-important rules for eating edible flowers, which ones not to eat, and how to gather and prepare flowers. Once that bit of housekeeping is out of the way, Denise leads readers with a practiced and sure voice through the universe of edible flowers, one at a time. Plants are arranged by common name, and for each there is a description, its predominant taste or smell, how it can be used, any cautions about eating the plant,and a beautiful photograph. Many of the plants mentioned can be grown in your garden, and Denise provides cultural requirements as well. The second half of the book is devoted to tempting recipes that Denise has tested, refined, and served at the edible flowers festival she hosts each year.

This is a fun, interesting, and easy to use book that will make you want to go out in your garden, snip some flowers, and take them back to the kitchen to whip up something unique and delicious. Makes a great gift for gardeners and cooks alike.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it December 4, 2012

By K. Kubincanek

Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase

There are so many recipes, I cannot wait to try some (and eventually all) of them!
It's nice that it includes a 'resources' page for those of us without the time/space to grow our own.