Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden: 200 Exciting Recipes from the Author of 'The Complete ... - Hardcover

""Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden"is not just another pretty-face cookbook. This one has depth. Spend five minutes with it and your cooking energies will be revitalized. Spend a half-hour and you'll be dreaming of a far more extensive vegetable garden for next year. This is a cookbook to be trusted and used again and again."--"The American Gardener" "This beautifully illustrated cookbook will inspire you to become not only a better cook but also a more passionate gardener."--"Today's Diet & Nutrition" ""Rosalind Creasy's Recipes from the Garden" is not just another pretty-face cookbook. This one has depth. Spend five minutes with it and your cooking energies will be revitalized. Spend a half-hour and you'll be dreaming of a far more extensive vegetable garden for next year. This is a cookbook to be trusted and used again and again."--"The American Gardener" "Her latest includes an eclectic mix of recipes highlighting her garden's bounty, from Riot of Color Salad (garnished with pansies and other edible flowers) to Pea Shoots with Crab Sauce. Some of the recipes are unusual; others are as familiar as New England Boiled Dinner."--"Library Journal" "Popular in Europe, salad gardens have started winning over fans in America. If you plant now, in six weeks you'll have homegrown, tossable greens to enjoy for months. Rosalind Creasy-author of "Recipes From the Garden" (Tuttle Publishing), due out next month-suggests planting ingredients that speak to your palate. These three picks with a French twist make her mouth water."--"Spirit"

Luscious, perfectly ripe tomatoes. Crisp, sweet melons. Sharp onions and mellow garlic. Everyone knows that nothing tastes better than food fresh from the garden. This collection of mouth-watering recipes from Rosalind Creasy, a pioneer of the edible landscaping movement, will help you celebrate the incredible flavors of garden-fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs. You'll feast on delicious, fresh salads ranging from the classic - Basic Garden Salad, Tangy Mesclun Salad, and Creamy Caesar Salad - to the extraordinary - Crab and Asparagus Salad with Fancy Greens and Sorrel Dressing, Watermelon Spicy Salad, and Flower Confetti Salad.You'll indulge with Rhubarb and Strawberry Cobbler, Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce, and Savory Bread Pudding with Sorrel and Baby Artichokes. But most of all, you'll come to a new appreciation of the countless healthy possibilities that await right in your garden, farmer's market, or produce section. Also featured in this indispensable cookbook are toothsome new twists on favorite recipes, including True-blue Blueberry Pancakes, Roasted Pepper Lasagna, and Show-Off Barbecued Vegetables and a host of incredible salad dressings, herb mixes, deserts, and refreshing drinks. Rosalind Creasy's "Recipes from the Garden" will even show you how to prepare and enjoy an array of exotic vegetables from around the world - from the jicamas of tropical America to Asia's bitter melon and France's petits pois.