Herbal Vinegar: Flavored Vinegars, Mustards, Chutneys, Preserves, Conserves, Salsas, Cosmetic Uses, Household Tips [Paperback]

Maggie Oster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 1994

This book features dozens of recipes for herb, spice, vegetable, and flower vinegars and more than 100 recipes for using flavored vinegars in everything from appetizers to entr,es. 141,000 copies in print.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Vinegar is versatile!

And this book covers it all --

-- Directions for buying, making, and flavoring inexpensive, easy-to-make vinegars -- dozens of ideas for combination herb, spice, vegetable, and flower vinegars

-- Recipes for using flavored vinegars -- just a splash for exhilarating basic vinaigrettes, fruit and vegetable salsas, flavorful and tenderizing marinades, spicy dessert sauces, and many more.

-- Gift packaging ideas and customized labels

-- Step-by-step instructions for growing flavorful herbs indoors and out

-- Household uses and hints -- more than 100 home uses for vinegar, including polishing chrome, prolonging the life of cut flowers, and preparing natural beauty treatments

About the Author

Author Maggie Oster has been cooking since she was five years old. A trained horticulturist, freelance writer and photographer, Maggie has also written other Storey book titles including Herbal Vinegar and Herb Mixtures & Spicy Blends. In addition, she has written the books The Potato Garden, Flowering Herbs, Gifts and Crafts from the Garden and Recipes from an American Herb Garden. She attended graduate school at Cornell University, and was former editor of an indoor and container-gardening magazine based in Seattle, Washington. Maggie has also contributed to Rodale's Basic Natural Foods Cookbook, has written monthly columns for The Weekend Gardener Journal and Louisville Today magazines, and won an award for an article and photographs on cooking with edible flowers in The Newark Star-Ledger. She lives in Kentucky.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; First Printing edition (January 4, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882668439
• ISBN-13: 978-0882668437
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #79 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Cooking by Ingredient > Herbs, Spices & Condiments

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Need new, easy ideas in the kitchen? Try this book!, May 6, 2001

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This review is from: Herbal Vinegar: Flavored Vinegars, Mustards, Chutneys, Preserves, Conserves, Salsas, Cosmetic Uses, Household Tips (Paperback)

Maggie Oster's book has helped me in making the most tasty and beautiful herbal vinegars ever. I was stuck in the boring "chive blossom vinegar" or "Tarragon Vinegar" with no variations. After I followed a couple of Maggie's recipes, I livened up my meals immensely! Next, I'm going to try her "Dill-Burnet Cream Dressing" for my salad. It has only 5 ingredients, and they are very easy to find! This book discusses many different types of vinegars (malt, rice, cider, distilled, cane, etc), so I can decide which is best for the type of herbs I want to add. Have you ever tasted raspberry vinegar on a salad in a gourmet restaurant? It's in here! There are many recipes in this great book! Last year, I made Garlic, jalapeno, and black peppercorn vinegar, and my friends wanted the only bottle I made! This year, I'm making more to share.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Need info and ideas for vinegar, this is good!, August 28, 2000

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S. Gaskin (Murray Bridge, South Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Herbal Vinegar: Flavored Vinegars, Mustards, Chutneys, Preserves, Conserves, Salsas, Cosmetic Uses, Household Tips (Paperback)

Good value! This book has given me many ideas for new and revived products.

Maggie gives a good background history of vinegar and its manufacture, then includes heaps of recipes for dressings, sauces, vegetables and main courses etc. Additionally she gives suggestions for its use around the home and in tonics and home remedies.

I was impressed, and believe you will appreciate the book too!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta have!, November 20, 2010

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Charmaine Gossett (NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Herbal Vinegar: Flavored Vinegars, Mustards, Chutneys, Preserves, Conserves, Salsas, Cosmetic Uses, Household Tips (Paperback)

I first checked this book out of the library. It is such a wonderful resource for learning about vinegar, its properties, household uses and cooking, including recipes, that I just have to purchase a copy for my library. I grow herbs and am interested in making herb vinegars. This book has so much more informatin. It also has a wealth of information of how to use vinegar around the house.