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Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > Preserving
Through practical instructions and recipes, Ola Powell's 1917 book
gives the general student or homemaker clear and concise
instructions for safely canning and preserving food.
"The Midwest is rising," writes Minnesota native Amy Thielen, host
of "Heartland Table" on Food Network--and her engaging, keenly
American debut cookbook, with 200 recipes that herald a revival in
the region's cuisine, is delicious proof.
Amy Thielen grew up in rural northern Minnesota, waiting in lines
for potluck buffets amid loops of smoked sausages from her uncle's
meat market and in the company of women who could put up jelly
without a recipe. She spent years cooking in some of New York
City's best restaurants, but it took moving home in 2008 for her to
rediscover the wealth and diversity of the Midwestern table, and to
witness its reinvention.
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The New Midwestern Table" reveals all that she's come to love--and
learn--about the foods of her native Midwest, through updated
classic recipes and numerous encounters with spirited home cooks
and some of the region's most passionate food producers. With 150
color photographs capturing these fresh-from-the-land dishes and
the striking beauty of the terrain, this cookbook will cause any
home cook to fall in love with the captivating flavors of the
American heartland.
Preserving food at home is vital to eating in a seasonal,
sustainable, low-waste and, most importantly, utterly delicious
way. Everyone can master the art of preserving with this essential
book on canning, which provides a one-stop resource. Whether you
have foraged hedgerows, picked produce from your own vegetable
garden or allotment, or searched out the best seasonal buys in the
supermarket or market, this book contains more than 100 delicious
recipes for preserving fruit and vegetables, meat or fish. Emma
Macdonald gives clear and comprehensive instructions for curing,
drying, pickling, bottling/canning, crystalizing and jellying; as
well as recipes for all kinds of jams, chutneys, cordials, fruit
liqueurs, terrines, cheeses and butters. Every classic is covered,
including: gravlax, confit chicken, candied peel, quince cheese,
mint jelly, onion marmalade, mango chutney, sloe gin and
piccalilli. There are many others, some of them centuries old, many
of them with a modern twist, such as Banana and Date Chutney and
Grapefruit and Elderflower Marmalade. Emma also includes expert
tips on troubleshooting and information on all the equipment you
will need. Pick up your cheesecloths and straining funnel and get
preserving!
With this updated second edition of a best-selling cookbook, you
can have it all - great tasting, nutritious meals that don't break
the bank or your daily schedule. Cook one recipe in bulk and stock
your freezer with three nights of homemade dinners for your family.
Updated recipes incorporate plenty of fresh, seasonal produce,
along with bulk grains and beans. From Asparagus and Potato
Frittata and Lemon Blueberry Strata to Tomato Basil Soup and
Berry-Roasted Chicken, the 150 tasty options span the menu. Filling
the freezer with healthy, ready-to-heat meals is more delicious
than ever.
Delicious meals that will have you feeling anything but left out in
the cold! Don't freeze up when your family asks what's for dinner -
reach into the freezer instead. Seriously Good Freezer Meals
provides home cooks with the tools they need to make delectable,
healthy meals using fresh and flavoursome ingredients, with
information on shopping, cooking, freezing, thawing and everything
in between. This unique compilation of 150+ family- and
freezer-friendly recipes, made without processed foods, will help
busy families save time and money while still enjoying home-cooked
meals. The book provides an all-encompassing look at cooking
freezer meals: getting organized, making lists, shopping
strategies, nutritional information, making a lot of freezer meals
in one day, freezer organization, freezer meal swaps, thawing and
more. It also offers a mini starter programme for beginners, an
intermediate programme and, for more advanced cooks, a guide to
making 50 freezer meals in a day. You read that right: 50 meals in
a day! And lest you think these are just ho-hum basic meals, you're
in for a pleasant surprise! Within the beautifully photographed
full-colour pages you will discover recipes for every meal of the
day and for every occasion. Start your day off right with Morning
Energy Bars or Breakfast Burritos. For dinner, choose from elegant
offerings like Chicken Tikka Masala and Bacon Carbonara Pasta Pie,
or serve a kidfriendly meal like Amazing Macaroni and Cheese.
Meatless mains such as Lentil Supreme Shephard Pie and Spinach
Gnocchi Bake will satisfy even the most discerning vegetarian or
vegan. And with side dishes like Cilantro Lime Corn and desserts
like Layered Chocolate Mousse Cake, you'll always have the perfect
finishing touch to your meal just a freezer away.
Seasonal Canning in Small Bites Marisa McClellan was an adult in a
high-rise in Philadelphia when she rediscovered canning, and found
herself under the preserving spell. She grew accustomed to working
in large batches since most vintage" recipes are written to feed a
large family, or to use up a farm-size crop, but increasingly,
found that smaller batches suited her life better. Working with a
quart, a pound, a pint, or a bunch of produce, not a bushel, allows
for dabbling in preserving without committing a whole shelf to
storing a single type of jam. Preserving by the Pint is meant to be
a guide for saving smaller batches from farmer's markets and
produce stands,preserving tricks for stopping time in a jar.
McClellan's recipes offer tastes of unusual preserves like
Blueberry Maple Jam, Mustardy Rhubarb Chutney, Sorrel Pesto, and
Zucchini Bread and Butter Pickles. Organized seasonally, these
pestos, sauces, mostardas, chutneys, butters, jams, jellies, and
pickles are speedy, too: some take under an hour, leaving you more
time to plan your next batch.
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