Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers [Hardcover]

Sur La Table (Author), Janet Fletcher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2010

In the visually stunning yet practical cookbook Eating Local, author Janet Fletcher and the kitchen experts at Sur La Table not only show you how to use more fresh ingredients in your everyday cooking, they also bring you closer to the family farms where the ingredients are grown and to the idealistic people who grow them.

With 150 recipes featuring a wide range of fresh ingredients, Eating Local also highlights 10 community supported agriculture projects around the country. These progressive farms provide inspiration for all who want to cook more wholesome meals using ingredients from their own foodshed.

Editorial Reviews

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"Like most Sur La Table books, it's a feast for the eyes: lushly photographed, and somehow both elegant and earthy. Fortunately, Eating Local cooks as good as it looks." --NPR

"This newest collection from Sur La Table (The Art and Soul of Baking; Things Cooks Love) is perfect for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscribers and farmers' market fans looking for ideas on how to use their produce. James Beard Award-winning food writer Fletcher profiles ten American farms with CSA programs. Since the book focuses on fresh, seasonal produce, recipes are organized by primary ingredient rather than course." --Library Journal

"James Beard Award-winning writer Janet Fletcher is garnering considerable buzz for her newest cookbook, "Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers", with its glorious photographs and 150 tempting recipes. Stories and images from 10 small family farms are interspersed among recipes" --Mercury News

About the Author

Since opening in 1972 with the idea of selling hard-to-find French kitchenware, Sur La Table has grown to 74 stores nationwide. Sur La Table also offers premium-quality culinary products through direct mail and its Web site, www.surlatable.com, and offers educational programs through its nationally recognized cooking class program. Its headquarters are in Seattle, Washington.

Janet Fletcher is the author of several cookbooks, including Fresh from the Farmers' Market, and the winner of three James Beard Awards. She lives in Napa, California, where she maintains a large perennial and edible garden.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (June 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740791443
• ISBN-13: 978-0740791444
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book!, June 22, 2010

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Kerrie Sparks "Food*Sparks" (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers (Hardcover)

I work part-time at a Sur La Table store, and picked this book up the moment I saw it come in stock! The photography is beautiful, and best of all, REAL. The people you see in this book are the actual farmers working their farms. The book focuses on 10 sustainable farms throughout the country, giving you a peek into each one along the way, with beautiful recipes for the fresh picks!

If you consider yourself a locavore, someone who shops regularly at a farmers market or CSA, or want to learn more about doing so, you should pick up this book. If you've been timid about joining a CSA or visiting your local farmers market because you're not quite sure what to do with all those fresh fruits and veggies, this book will help you!

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars learn to cook fresh vegetables, July 7, 2010

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A. Kendrick (Beverly, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers (Hardcover)

First of all, the pictures in this book are amazing. So if that is more important to you than interesting recipes, buy this book. However, if you have any familiarity with fresh vegetables this book will probably not be much use to you. I have had CSA memberships and my own garden in the past, so I was looking for some interesting new uses for fresh vegetables, this book does not provide that. Included are recipes such as warm beets with greens, and three types of pea pods steamed together! Boring, basic, but useful if you don't know how to cook. This book should have been called 'learning to cook fresh vegetables.'

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Profusely and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photography, June 15, 2010

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This review is from: Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers (Hardcover)

Local farmer's markets have grown increasingly popular and accessible with those who want the freshest seasonal ingredients at the lowest possible 'carbon footprint' possible. "Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers" by cook book author Janet Fletcher (in cooperation with the successful Californian restaurant Sur La Table) is a 320-page compendium packed with thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly' recipes utilizing farm-fresh seasonal ingredients found in local community farmer's markets. Profusely and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photography, the recipes range from Grilled Eggplant Cannelloni with Ricotta and Prosciutto; to Pickled Yellow Wax Benas with Fresh Dill; to Home-Dried Tomatoes in Herbed Olive Oil; Skillet-Cooked Creamer Potatoes with Rosemary; to Peach and Boysenberry Cobbler. Of special note are the succinct introductions to showcase farms representing the kind of 'family farm' agriculture that is the source of what local farmer's markets have to offer grateful communities, making "Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers" a particularly appropriate and highly recommended addition to personal and public library cookbook collections.