The Farmer's Market Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes Using the Freshest Ingredients [Paperback]

Richard Ruben (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2006

One hundred recipes for cooking fresh from your local market--be it farm stand or grocer's aisle.

Editorial Reviews

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"It is wonderful to see how easy and delicious food can be when prepared with fresh produce purchased from organic farmers, right in the market--seasonal, local, ripe and pure. These are essential ingredients of cuisine."--Alice Waters, chef and owner of Chez Panisse Café & Restaurant

"Richard Ruben has triumphed with a timely cookbook chock-full of great recipes, personal stories, and excellent information. Reading through the delicious recipes, I am most impressed with the focus on seasonality, something so near and dear to my own heart. This wonderful book just makes me want to pick up a basket and head straight to the farmer's market." --Joanne Weir, author, teacher, and host of PBS's Weir Cooking in the Wine Country

From the Back Cover

Cooking seasonally means having a keen eye and a sensitive nose as you traverse the aisles of nature’s store. The harbingers of each season are color-coded—spring’s plate is drenched with verdant tender stalks and gentle herbs; summer is resplendent with myriad bold reds, oranges, and yellows; autumn is rich with umber root vegetables and a second hooray of green leaves. Understanding this spectrum is an essential starting point to setting a menu. The Farmer’s Market Cookbook will guide the home cook through the ripening seasons with dozens of simple, elegant recipes that celebrate the gifts of nature’s cycle and serve as a road map for navigating any local market—be it farm stand or grocer’s aisle.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1 edition (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592289606
• ISBN-13: 978-1592289608
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #899,205 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!, October 19, 2009

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Miles Giles (NYC, USA) - See all my reviews

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I often walk past the farmer's market on my way to work. I see the stalls offering all sort of fascinating items and am often not sure what I can do with them.

For someone who is unfamiliar with what we can find in our local farmer's market, I love how informative this book is. I also love how the book is organized - by seasons. The recipes highlight the natural ingredients rather than masking them. It really encourages me to pick up new items and take them back to my kitchen.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Cookbook was a letdown, April 20, 2008

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J. Bouchard (Massachusetts, United States) - See all my reviews
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The picture on the cover was more enticing than the average recipes in the book, most of which I could have thought of myself. The others just didn't appeal to me. I returned it.