The world is changing, and along with it, so must our eating habits. Author and restaurateur Jesse Ziff Cool has compiled over 30 years of knowledge about organic, local, and sustainable food into one magnificent cookbook, including indispensable elements of her earlier cookbook, Your Organic Kitchen, which is now out of print. With 150 enticing recipes, Simply Organic encourages home cooks to embrace organics as a lifestyle rather than a fad. Cool organizes her chapters seasonally to ensure that the freshest, ripest ingredients enhance the flavors of dishes like Filet Mignon with Smashed Potatoes and Leek Sauce in early spring to Pumpkin Raisin Bread Pudding in autumn. Inspiring profiles on farmers and producers reveal how these individuals are working to create a sustainable future every day.
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"Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients by Jesse Ziff Cool encourages home cooks to embrace organics as a lifestyle rather than a fad; includes 150 recipes." Publishers Weekly, March 10, 2008
"Now updated, those first easy recipes and thoughts on buying and cooking sustainably raised foods, meaning those that protect the planet and people in their production, are the basis of this sunny, stunning new volume. It's full of uncomplicated dishes like these, says Cool, designed to show off the quality of whole, fresh ingredients. 'It's what it means to cook, really, in the old-fashioned way,' she says." NY Daily News, March 22, 2008
"A book by Jesse Ziff Cool, cookbook author and advocate of sustainable agriculture and cuisine, tells how to convert kitchens to organic and how what we pluck from grocery store shelves affects the environment. Simply Organic walks you through the conversation. (Her advice: You don't have to do it all at once.)" The Arizona Republic, February 2008
"If you want a book that is a little more back to basics, give Simply Organic by Jesse Ziff Cool a try...The recipes are straight-forward and easy to follow. There are guides for recipes such as green goodness chicken and asparagus salad, beef stew with baby spring vegetables, stuffed pattypan squash, grilled green tomatoes, and old-fashioned cream spinach. It's sure to take you back to your cooking roots." Tyler Morning Telegraph, March 2008
"I dug right into this cookbook when I got it since it is inviting and you can almost feel Jesse's strong devotion to organic, seasonally available ingredients as you read it I also loved the details Jesse provided such as how to determine if I'd added enough flour and not merely stating how long to cook the gnocchi but telling me how to know when they were done." ProjectFoodie.com, April 9, 2008
"a hefty cookbook loaded with semi-glossy pages and gorgeous photographs" 7x7 Blog, March 7, 2008
About the Author
Jesse Ziff Cool is dedicated to sustainable agriculture as a writer, spokesperson, and restaurateur. Her books include The Really, Truly, Honest-to-Goodness One-Pot Cookbook.
France Ruffenach is a San Francisco-based photographer whose work includes Tartine.
France Ruffenach is a San Francisco-based photographer whose work includes Tartine.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm thrilled this book is back in a much improved, gorgeously formatted version. I had the original edition from some years back, lent it to a friend that ended up moving out of the country, and I'd been meaning to order a used copy for eons until I read something about it recently. The seasonal organization makes it so easy to eat the real food that Jesse's been advocating for, and cooking with, for decades. I can't wait to make the angel food cake again!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Even though I am a huge fan of Jessie Cool's restaurant, the Flea Street Cafe, I wasn't planning on getting this cookbook--a cookbook devoted to organic foods just didn't float my boat. However, after tasting three of the recipes at dinner parties, I was hooked. I've made four of the recipes so far and each tastes as good as I anticipated it would. My only negative comment, and the reason I withheld the final star, is that everything is arranged by season--It would be so much easier to find things by recipe categories or meals. With the wealth of recipes available on the internet, I no longer buy cookbooks. I'm glad I made an exception for this one.
18 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By P. Snow
Format:Paperback
I was really excited about receiving this book, as I had already read "Your Organic Kitchen" By Jesse Ziff Cool and was excited for the follow up.
This book is the same book as Your Organic Kitchen, just re-packaged!!!! Same recipes!!! The pictures were better in Your Organic kitchen. It's the same book marketed under a different title. I feel really riped off. She just decided to reprint the same book from 2000 because Sustainable, local and organic are now all buzz words.
I am really saddened by this misrepresentation.
This book is the same book as Your Organic Kitchen, just re-packaged!!!! Same recipes!!! The pictures were better in Your Organic kitchen. It's the same book marketed under a different title. I feel really riped off. She just decided to reprint the same book from 2000 because Sustainable, local and organic are now all buzz words.
I am really saddened by this misrepresentation.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
I expected more, but its ok
I got this for a friend at Christmas. I thought there would be creative recipes using organic ingredients. Its ok, but not nothing too new or inventive. Read more
Published 3 months ago by mavis, ct, usa
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great format, Fair recipes
This book was well laid out, sorted by season so you can get a feel for what kinds of meals and ingredients are available at any given time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Burgundy Damsel
5.0 out of 5 stars
Service was great!
Great service, book was exactly as described and came on time. Would definitely use same service again in the future.
Published 16 months ago by Bri2121
5.0 out of 5 stars
Organic Cookbook
Great organic cookbook with lots of great recipes for the cook who wants to take better care of themselves and family. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ohio lady
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jesse Cool is Amazing!
A great wonderful helpful delicious scrumptious informative cook book! A great wonderful helpful delicious scrumptious informative cook book! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Sophie Keller
5.0 out of 5 stars
Farm to Table Fabulous
I borrowed a copy of this book from the organic rice farming company where I work. I started to copy a couple of recipes and then a couple more... Read more
Published 19 months ago by California Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars
YUM YUM AND TRIPLE YUMMY
LOVE THIS COOK BOOK! it is so easy to use and the recipes make me look good in front of cherished family and friends. It is a "must have" for every kitchen. Read more
Published on March 23, 2011 by Meredith Watt
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent organic cookbook
A friend has this book and served her guests at a dinner party with everything cooked from it. We we all impressed, and I ordered one each for my son and son in law for Christmas. Read more
Published on February 15, 2011 by D. M. Phillips
4.0 out of 5 stars
Chock full of recipes, but not menus:(
I was looking for something to "hold my hand" while coming up with menus using local, seasonal produce, which this didn't do. Read more
Published on May 18, 2010 by JH
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great cookbook!
I love this cookbook! It has a lot of interesting combinations of ingredients that I would have not thought to combine. Read more
Published on December 7, 2009 by Gaye Carlson
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