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The Art of Simple Food II
The Art of Simple Food II: Recipes, Flavor, and Inspiration from the New Kitchen Garden | Alice Waters
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Alice Waters, the iconic food luminary, presents 200 new recipes that share her passion for the many delicious varieties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs that you can cultivate in your own kitchen garden or find at your local farmers market. A beautiful vegetable-focused book, The Art of Simple Food II showcases flavor as inspiration and embodies Alices vision for eating what grows in the earth all year long. She shares her understanding of the whole plant, demystifying the process of growing and cooking your own food, and reveals the vital links between taste, cooking, gardening, and taking care of the land. Along the way, she inspires you to feed yourself deliciously through the seasons. From Rocket Salad with Babcock Peaches and Basil to Moroccan Asparagus and Spring Vegetable Ragout to Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic, Alice shares recipes that celebrate the ingredients she loves: tender leaf lettuces, fresh green beans, stone fruits in the height of summer, and so much more. Advice for growing your own fruits and vegetables abounds in the bookwhether you are planting a garden in your backyard or on your front porch or fire escape. It is gleaned from her close relationships with local, sustainable farmers.
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A lot of recipes caught my interest, as you can see. The recipe header notes are warm and usually mention specific varieties of fruits and vegetables, so I learned a lot in that regard, plus lots of little tips like tasting a fruit galette partway through baking to see if it needs more sugar. The gardening information is of greatest use to those in California. Signature ingredient: herbs. “If you plant only one thing, plant some herbs.” #cookbook

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Treasure the farmer.
Nurture the soil.
Plant wherever you are.
Learn from nature.
Cultivate your palate.
Make your own.
Eat whole foods.
Share the harvest.
Teach children the art of simple food.

(Author photo from internet.)

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