Ruffage: a practical guide to vegetables: 100+ recipes and 230+ variations

✍ Scribed by Berens, Abra;Engelman, Lucy

• Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this insightful and enchanting cookbook, new flavors, textures, techniques, and ways to enjoy all the vegetables you want to eat are revealed by chef and former farmer Abra Berens. Not only a terrific resource, with more than 300 recipes written in Berens' uniquely succinct style, the book also presents evocative storytelling to open each chapter, and photography that conveys the seasons and rugged beauty of Michigan farm country--;Berens cooks her way through vegetables, A to Z. Whether it's pan roasted, grilled, puréed or raw, she takes readers from asparagus to turnips and rutabaga, sharing creative preparation techniques and flavor combinations. Berens evens shares information on what to look for in a vegetable, how to store them, and encouragement to improvise new combinations of your own. -- Adapted from introduction.;Introduction -- Strong pantry. Oils ; Acidity ; Spices and seasonings ; Herbs ; Grains ; Beans ; Pasta ; Grits ; Bread ; Dairy ; Dried fruit ; Nuts and seeds ; Preserved and tinned fish ; Condiments -- Vegetables and how I cook them. Asparagus ; Beets ; Broccoli ; Cabbage ; Carrots ; Cauliflower ; Celery and celery root ; Corn ; Cucumbers ; Eggplant ; Fennel ; Garlic ; Green beans ; Greens, delicate: arugula, leaf lettuce, head lettuce, spinach, baby bok choy ; Greens, hearty: chard, collards, kale, radicchio and other chicories ; Kohlrabi ; Leeks ; Onions ; Parsnips ; Peas ; Peppers, sweet ; Potatoes ; Radishes ; Ramps ; Squash, summer ; Squash, winter ; Sunchokes ; Tomatoes ; Turnips and rutabaga.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction --
Strong pantry. Oils
Acidity
Spices and seasonings
Herbs
Grains
Beans
Pasta
Grits
Bread
Dairy
Dried fruit
Nuts and seeds
Preserved and tinned fish
Condiments --
Vegetables and how I cook them. Asparagus
Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery and celery root
Corn
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Fennel
Garlic
Green beans
Greens, delicate: arugula, leaf lettuce, head lettuce, spinach, baby bok choy
Greens, hearty: chard, collards, kale, radicchio and other chicories
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Onions
Parsnips
Peas
Peppers, sweet
Potatoes
Radishes
Ramps
Squash, summer
Squash, winter
Sunchokes
Tomatoes
Turnips and rutabaga.

✦ Subjects

Cooking, American--Midwestern style;COOKING / Regional & Ethnic / American / Middle Western States;Cooking (Vegetables);Farm produce;Farm produce--Michigan;Cookbooks;Cooking, American -- Midwestern style;Farm produce -- Michigan;Michigan