From the common to the curious, The Botanical Kitchen will teach you how to properly cook with botanicals with 90 delicious recipes. The choice of botanicals can transform a recipe, adding a new twist to a classic or creating surprising and rewarding combinations, and in this award-winning book, Elly McCausland guides readers through cooking with botanicals, looking at their culinary history and diverse uses over the years. Weaving through this compelling text will be 90 delicious recipes including relishes and bakes, salads and soups, noodle bowls and breads and everything in between, offering unique and insightful flavour pairings. With chapters including fruits (tropical, Mediterranean and orchard), leaves, flowers, seeds and berries, this beautiful book places botanical ingredients at the fore and showcases exactly how plants can transform your food. WINNER OF THE 2019 JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD

The expansive squash family includes a host of versatile gourds just waiting for a creative cook's touch. Summer varieties fill gardens and overflow market tables; hardy late-season types nourish us through the winter. The burning question: what to do with all this squash?
"Smitten with Squash" celebrates this underappreciated vegetable, whose long-lasting season ranges from the June-August staples of zucchini and summer squash through autumn's piles of butternut, carnival, and red kuri, just to name a few.Knowledgeable and imaginative guide Amanda Paa describes the very American roots of squash, introduces readers to the vast assortment available at midwestern farmers markets, and, best of all, offers seventy-five inventive ways to enjoy squash for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert.
Golden Curried Squash Hummus; Cherry Tomato, Zucchini, and Blue Cheese Galette; Moroccan Lamb and Quinoa-Stuffed Acorn Squash; and Sweet Delicata Pie with Pecan Praline are just a few of the flavorful combinations that will inspire cooks to move beyond classic preparations of squash. Looking to explore the tasty possibilities of these often-overlooked gourds? This book is the only one you need.
Amanda Paa is a passionate tastemaker, self-taught cook, and author of the blog Heartbeet Kitchen. When she's not mincing or chopping her favorite vegetables from the farmers market, she works as a corporate digital media strategist in Minneapolis.

Check it out! Beefed up with our favorite dishes, you'll love Our Favorite Ground Beef Recipes cookbook with favorites like nachos magnifico and stroganoff skillet. The handy purse-perfect size is great to take along to the grocery.

An all-American tradition. Since the early 1800s America's state fairs have celebrated community. Now, 200 years later, food contests and recipe judging are more popular than ever and a blue ribbon from a state fair competition still signals that the winner is truly outstanding. Blue Ribbon Canning captures the best of the best with nearly 139 home-canning recipes that have won top prizes in fairs across the nation and share the tips that show you how to follow that success. You can do it. Blue Ribbon Canning will teach you time-honored canning techniques such as: Basics - ingredients and equipment Methods - water bath processing, pressure canning, safety, and storing Recipes - 139 first-prize-winning recipes showcased in delightful, full-color photographs Back to the basics. Home preserving is a top trend that shows every sign of continuing to grow as the appetite for locally grown foods increases. In addition to the resurgence in home canning, the popularity of state and local fairs has grown over the last five years. Blue Ribbon Canning celebrates these two traditions by sharing the top recipes and introducing you to the personal stories behind the winners.

From blackcurrant and apple, to turkey and cranberry, fruit will always be a popular ingredient. In this book there are over 90 mouthwatering recipes which cover such favourites as classic apple pie and rhubarb crumble, right through to the more unusual and innovative ideas, including mango and lamb skewers and raspberry and orange terrine. Both sweet and savoury dishes are covered, from main courses through to puddings, ices and fruit drinks - all equally delicious and exciting.A comprehensive glossary takes the reader through the basics of every fruit covered in the book, helping you choose and prepare the best fruit for your recipes.Whether you want a warm and comforting baked fruit dish or a zingy citrus granita, this book can't help but inspire you to create something truly special with fruit that is both fragrant and versatile.

"Choclatique" is a chocolate lover's dream. Ed Engoron has traveled to more than 130 countries in search of the best chocolate the world has to offer. From exploring the Amazon jungle to dining at the Grand Palace of Thailand to studying at Paris' famed Cordon Bleu, Ed's experiences are the inspiration for the amazing chocolate creations in "Choclatique."

The more than 170 easy recipes are based on five essential building blocks or ganaches (glaze or filling made from chocolate and cream) that allow you to whip up luscious chocolate delights minutes before dinner. "Choclatique" includes recipes for cakes, candies, cookies, custards, hot chocolate, ice cream, milkshakes, muffins, sauces, smoothies, tarts, trifles, waffles, and more. Illustrated with beautiful full-color photography throughout.

Pate, Confit, Rillette will delight chefs and home cooks eager for knowledge of charcuterie. Beginning with the basic principles of how and why these preparations work, Brian Polcyn and Michael Ruhlman include recipes both surprising and delicious, such as a succlent chicken terrine embedded with sauteed mushrooms; moden rillettes of shredded salmon and white fish; classic confits of duck and goose; and a vegetarian layered potato terrine. Part of the charcuterie mandate is using the entire animal and an avoidance of waste so the authors provide the ratios that will allow anyone to create as much or as little of each dish as desired. This is the book for when a cook intends to explore these timeless techniques and create exquisite food.

The Cheese Deck is the ultimate compendium to use in learning all about cheese. Adapted from Artisan's book A Field Guide to Cheese, this card deck features profiles on over 30 must-know cheeses with detailed stats on their origin, type of milk, fat content, and more. The deck is organised by cheese family, with 11 cards that explain each one - from cheeses with natural rinds to fresh cheeses, pressed cheeses, and more - plus 11 cards that guide readers through how to pair each type of cheese and additional cards with instructions on building cheese platters and boards. With universally beloved cheeses like feta and fontina, Gouda and mozzarella, Pecorino Romano and chevre - but also rarities like King River Gold, a washed-rind cheese from Australia; Dancing Fern, a raw cow's-milk cheese from Tennessee; and Danbo, a semisoft, aged cheese from Denmark - this informative and highly giftable card deck is for professional mongers just as much as it is for those with a simple love for cheese.

Jirsa shows you how to get to know each one just as an herbalist does - by immersing yourself in every aspect of the herb and naturally coming to understand its innate properties. Through delicious teas and foods, luxurious salves, skin and hair care treatments, complementary yoga poses, meditations, and more, you'll deepen your appreciation of these herbs and learn how best to use them for improved health and wellness.

The 25th Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery was on the subject of Eggs in Cooking. One hundred and forty delegates came from all over the world, including most of the countries of Western and Central Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and Australia, as well as Southeast Asia, China and Japan. This is by far the widest geographical distribution the Symposium has ever achieved. Contributors to the volume include Bee Wilson, Pia Lim Castillo, Ken Albala, William Rubel, Rien Fertel, Fritz Blank, Phyllis Thompson Reid, Zona Spray Stark, Ursula Heinzelmann, Herve This, Naomichi Ishige, Fuschia Dunlop, and Carolin Young. The subjects include: the cultural and social significance of eggs; the use of egg whites in building Phillippine monasteries; the classification of egg cookery by classical French chefs; the mystique of the souffle; ancient eggs in Chinese cookery; Arctic fish eggs; molecular gastronomy and eggs.

Using flowers in the kitchen has grown massively in popularity in recent years, and Frances Bissell's eagerly awaited new book includes the simple and highly effective flavoring of basic ingredients that allows the cook to transform other dishes. Enjoy the scents and flavors of wild and garden flowers such as lavender, elderflower, fennel, and roses in this highly original cookbook.

Adding a daily dose of fermented foods to your diet can have an extraordinary effect on your health. It has been shown to promote digestive ease for people suffering with inflammatory disorders, help manage sugar and carb cravings, decrease incidence of allergies and sensitivities and generally boost the immune system and contribute to an overall sense of well-being. Motivated by an unquestionable belief that food is medicine and that what we eat can promote great healing or cause great harm, in The Cultured Club fermentation advocate Dearbhla Reynolds shows how to turn simple ingredients into superfoods using one of the world's oldest methods of food preservation. In The Cultured Club, which begins with a brief history of fermentation and a guide to maintaining gut health, you will learn basic fermentation techniques using simple ingredients and discover numerous recipes for sauerkraut, kimchi, kefir, condiments, dips, tapenades, breads, nut cheeses and tonics that promise to restore vitality. Learn the simple art of fermentation, enjoy its delicious, vibrant flavours and watch your health flourish. 'This is the book I have been waiting for. It's more than a book about fermentation. This is a book about life, health and delicious food. Dearbhla's words of wisdom will seamlessly transport you into the world of fermentation and well-being. Thank you, Dearbhla! You've done us all a great service by writing this book,' Domini Kemp 'This book is a wonderful and accessible introduction to fermentation. Dearbhla's clear directions and enthusiastic encouragement will put you at ease and help you see just how simple fermentation can be. Read this book and be part of the fermentation revival,' Sandor Ellix Katz, author of Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation 'Dearbhla Reynolds is a culinary radical, and The Cultured Club offers a dynamic, empowering approach to food and fermentation that mainlines the ways in which we can connect with the health and energy of our ingredients. Packed with original and delicious ideas, The Cultured Club will shake up your kitchen,' John McKenna 'Dearbhla is a flavour fiend. This is a book packed with ideas, rituals and skills that will make your food life fizz,' Catherine Cleary

If it's fun, funky, jazzy and is to do with butter, it's in this book. From how to make butter at home, to where to use it, and if that raises your 'yeah, sure, I know about butter, pal' eyebrows, this book is going to surprise and delight you into next week. Split into four sections: * What you need to know * Making butter * Getting creative * Recipes Make Your Own Butter will * Whip you into a frenzy so you can't wait to start churning * Thrill and surprise with its sheer range of buttery creations like cocktails and beauty products * Enthral with QI style buttery facts * Equip you with a life skill to be passed on to others