Pumpkin, a Super Food for All 12 Months of the Year [Paperback]

DeeDee Stovel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2005

We all know that pumpkin pie is super, so why not enjoy more of this delicious, nutritious squash in year-round recipes? Dee Dee Stovel carves out a new image for pumpkin with such creative combinations as Roasted Ginger Pumpkin & Pear Soup; Pumpkin Sage Risotto; Spring Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Pepitas; White Bean, Chicken, and Pumpkin Chili; Pumpkin Pizza with Gorgonzola Cheese; and Pork Tenderloin with Red Wine Pumpkin Sauce.

These 125 recipes celebrate the varied ways that pumpkin can enhance a wide range of dishes, from beverages, starters, and snacks to soups, salads, main courses, and, of course, pies, cookies, breads, and cakes. Whether starting from the whole pumpkin (which, Stovel shows, is easier than many may think) or from canned pumpkin (a fine alternative), cooks will be surprised by the variety of ways they can use the entire fruit, including blossoms and seeds, as well as the pulp itself.

Special features include complete menus and decorating and entertaining ideas for harvest celebrations and Halloween parties, as well as sidebars highlighting pumpkin festivals, lore, and growing facts. With pumpkin acreage and sales growing every year, and more health writers touting the fruit’s nutritional powers, Pumpkin comes to the rescue for everyone who wants to expand their cooking repertoire.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“…a creative cookbook with lots of recipes containing fresh or canned pumpkin…”

–Times Herald

 

“…DeeDee Stoval takes pumpkin way beyond pie.” –Tennessean

 

“…California Cooking teacher Dee Dee Stovel will entice you with all manner of recipes using fresh and canned pumpkin.” –Tampa Tribune

 

“And you thought the only thing to do with a pumpkin is carve it.”

–Asbury Park Press

 

“…DeeDee Stovel will entice you with all manner of recipes using fresh and canned pumpkin.” –San Jose Mercury News

 

“…full of homespun stores and practical wisdom about that ordinary gourd we make an awful lot of fuss about…” –The Plainville Citizen

 

“Pumpkin lovers, rejoice.  There’s a cookbook just for you.” –Palm Beach Post

 

“Pumpkin can teach you everything that you ever wanted to know about pumpkins.”

–Los Angeles Yoga Times

 

“This book contains almost every possible imaginable recipe for pumpkins…”

–Los Angeles Yoga Times

 

About the Author

DeeDee Stovel is an experienced caterer and the author of Picnic: 125 Recipes with 29 Seasonal Menus and Pumpkin, a Super Food for All 12 Months of the Year. She lives in San Carlos, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580175945
• ISBN-13: 978-1580175944
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars super food, super cookbook, August 11, 2006

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Anonymous (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pumpkin, a Super Food for All 12 Months of the Year (Paperback)

I have to start out by saying I LOVE pumkin, but have had a hard time finding recipes that extend far beyond your typical Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. Until I found this book, that is. As stated by another reviewer, the author gives great instructions on how to prepare pumpkin, which is great for people like me who have only cooked with the canned puree. Not to say that you have to have a pumpin patch to use this cookbook; on the contrary, the author offers a wide variety of recipes, utilizing both fresh and canned pumpkin. There is also a very handy list that organizes the recipes by the type of pumpkin used (canned, roasted, etc.) so you can easily find a way to use what you have on hand. Every recipe that I have tried to far has been great, epecially the Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins. *** I have to add to this and say that the pumpkin-molasses snaps alone make this book worth buying! My family polishes them off and then requests them again before the cookie sheets have cooled!

33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ode to the Pumpkin, February 16, 2006

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Robert A. Williams "libertarian" (Oberlin, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pumpkin, a Super Food for All 12 Months of the Year (Paperback)

Health and dietary experts continue to uncover new health benefits from eating pumpkin, but many find pumpkins difficult to cook with. Enter DeeDee Stovel's great cookbook to the rescue! First, many of us have a misconception that a cooking pumpkin is that large carving pumpkin known as a Jack-O-Lantern. Cooking pumpkins such as "Small Sugar" - the standard pie pumpkin, or "Rouge d'Etampes - the standard soup pumpkin, are considerably smaller than carving pumpkins. In addition, their eating quality is excellent whereas carving pumpkins have very little flavor or sweetness. These pumpkins are so delicious, you'll wonder why you've never eaten them before. And they are packed with nutrients including phytonutrients, which protects your skin from sun cancer.

In this book, DeeDee Stovel has developed many pumpkin recipes including soups such as Caribbean Black Bean. She shares how to roast or grill pumpkin, then add it to salads. Or you can make side dishes by mashing and mixing in herbs and other fruits. Recipes for pumpkin fruit smoothies and even a pumpkin drink are included. On the top of my list of her pumpkin dishes to try is Roasted Ginger pumpkin soup.

This cookbook would be such a big help to young mothers who were never taught cookery and only know how to order a pizza. The recipes are not only simple to follow, suprisingly delicious, and appealing even to young children, but the dishes will save you loads of money in your monthly food bill while promoting your personal health.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique Cookbook, February 27, 2007

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S. K. Queen (Saratoga, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pumpkin, a Super Food for All 12 Months of the Year (Paperback)

This is a unique book with winning recipes. I have tried the bread, scone, and soup recipes and found them to be delicious, as well as nutritious. I have purchased this book for myself, as well as for gifts, and I would highly recommend!