The Forgotten Art Of Flower Cookery

Author : Leona Woodring Smith
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-30
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1455604496

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The Forgotten Art of Flower Cookery by Leona Woodring Smith Pdf

“A truly original cookbook—combines the two most gratifying household pursuits, gardening and cooking, to produce unusual and delectable dishes.” —The New York Times They’ve graced the loveliest gardens and the most elegant dinner tables but have often been overlooked when it comes to cooking. Rediscover what our ancestors knew: that flowers taste as wonderful as they smell. Most cooks already depend upon certain flowers, probably without even thinking about it. Broccoli, artichokes and cauliflower—all flowers—are common foods. But have you ever tasted Dandelion Salad, Candied Lilacs, Marigold Cheese Soup, or Rose Petal Jam? In more than two hundred recipes using twenty-six common garden flowers, author Leona Woodring Smith opens up a world of these truly original delights. Try borage, for its cucumber like taste and sky-blue color, in Cider Cup with Borage or Blender Borage Soup. Chives are easy to grow; try them in a Polka-Dot Potato Cake. Also try the Chinese-influenced Day-Lily Tempura or Day-Lilied Duck.

Author : Mary MacNicol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Cookery (Flowers)
ISBN : 0020098006

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Flower Cookery by Mary MacNicol Pdf

Author : Mary Newman,Constance L. Kirker
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781780236841

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Edible Flowers by Mary Newman,Constance L. Kirker Pdf

Most of us like to look at them, but why on earth would anyone want to eat them? As Constance L. Kirker and Mary Newman show in this book, however, flowers have a long history as a tasty ingredient in a variety of cuisines. The Greeks, Romans, Persians, Ottomans, Mayans, Chinese, and Indians all knew how to cook with them for centuries, and today contemporary chefs use them to add something special to their dishes. Edible Flowers is the fascinating history of how flowers have been used in cooking, from ancient Greek dishes to the today’s molecular gastronomy and farm-to-table restaurants. Looking at flowers’ natural qualities: their unique and beautiful appearance, their pungent fragrance, and their surprisingly good taste, Kirker and Newman proffer a bouquet of dishes—from soups to stews to desserts to beverages—that use them in interesting ways. Tying this culinary history into a larger cultural one, they show how flowers’ cultural, symbolic, and religious connotations have added value and meaning to dishes in daily life and special occasions. From fried squash blossoms to marigold dressings, this book rediscovers the flower not just as something beautiful but as something absolutely delicious.

Author : Ernest Small
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466585928

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North American Cornucopia by Ernest Small Pdf

Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising for creating varieties needed to expand food production, and there are excellent prospects of generating new economically competitive crops from these natives. The inadequacy of current crops to meet the food demands of the world’s huge, growing population makes the potential of indigenous North American food plants even more significant. These plants can also generate crops that are more compatible with the ecology of the world, and many also have inherent health benefits. Presenting detailed scholarship, a thoroughly accessible style, and numerous entertaining anecdotes, North American Cornucopia: Top 100 Indigenous Food Plants is a full-color book dedicated to the most important 100 native food plants of North America north of Mexico that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The introductory chapter reviews the historical development of North American indigenous crops and factors bearing on their future economic success. The rest of the book consists of 100 chapters, each dedicated to a particular crop. The book employs a user-friendly chapter format that presents the material in sections offering in-depth coverage of each plant. The first section of each chapter provides information on the scientific and English names of the plants, followed by a section on the geography and ecology of the wild forms, accompanied by a map showing the North American distribution. A section entitled "Plant Portrait" comprises a basic description of the plant, its history, and its economic and social importance. This is followed by "Culinary Portrait," concerned with food uses and culinary vocabulary. The chapters then provide an analysis of the economic future of each crop, discuss notable and interesting scientific or technological observations and accomplishments, and present extensive references.

Author : Ron Herbst,Sharon Tyler Herbst
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781438092331

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The New Food Lover's Companion by Ron Herbst,Sharon Tyler Herbst Pdf

"Essential for anyone who talks, eats, or thinks about food." —Bev Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times The New Food Lover's Companion is an indispensable resource for everyone from home cooks to culinary professionals. This widely praised and highly esteemed reference guide has been updated with new information to reflect the way we eat in today's world, taking into account our healthier lifestyles and more diverse palates, including: Over 500 new cultural listings, including Korean, Persian, and South American additions Definitions and explanations for cooking tools and techniques A microwave oven conversion chart An extensive breakdown of food labels and nutritional facts Suggestions for substituting recipe ingredients Among the myriad of foods and culinary subjects defined and explained are meat cuts, breads, pastas, and literally everything else related to good food and enjoyable dining—a veritable food bible for the novice home-cook, culinary student, or the self-proclaimed foodie. The New Food Lover's Companion is a reference guide—not a cookbook—but it includes hundreds of cooking tips plus an extensive bibliography of recommended cookbooks. More than 7,200 entries plus line art are included in this seminal work. "As thick and satisfying as a well-stuffed sandwich." —The New York Times

Author : Jerry Hopkins
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781462904723

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Extreme Cuisine by Jerry Hopkins Pdf

"I could not have written A Cook's Tour without this book. There is so much I would have missed. So dig in. Enjoy… Eat. Eat adventurously. Miss nothing. It's all here in these pages." --From the Foreword by Anthony Bourdain Sit down for a meal with the locals on six continents--what they are eating may surprise you. Extreme Cuisine examines eating habits across the globe, showing once and for all that one man's road kill is another man's delicacy! "I've tried to make this book a guide to how the other half dines and why. Over a period of twenty-five years I've augmented my meat-and-potatoes upbringing in the United States to try a wide variety of regional specialties, from steamed water beetles, fried grasshoppers and ants, to sparrow, bison and crocodile. I've eaten deep-fried bull's testicles in Mexico, live shrimp sushi in Hawaii, mice cooked over an open wood fire in Thailand, pig stomach soup in Singapore, minced water buffalo and yak butter tea in Nepal, stir-fried dog tongue, and "five penis wine" in China." --From the introduction by Jerry Hopkins Dive headfirst into food culture from around the world. Join author Jerry Hopkins on a culinary and cultural tour as he explores foods that may seem bizarre, and often off-putting, to us. As he says, "What is considered repulsive to someone in one part of the world, in another part of the world is simply considered lunch." Part travelogue, part cultural commentary and history, and part cookbook (yes, really), with Extreme Cuisine anyone can become an adventurous eater--or at least learn what it's like to be one. Chapters include: Mammals Reptiles & Water Creatures Birds Insects, Spiders & Scorpions Plants Leftovers

Author : Jerry Hopkins
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999-11-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781462916764

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Strange Foods by Jerry Hopkins Pdf

This gastrological romp shares tales of gustatory tidbits from six continents. Weaving history and autobiography, author Jerry Hopkins regales with an array of startling facts about the world's eating habits. Strange Foods begins with rat tales from the Roman Empire and imperial China and continues on to stories form locales where rat remains a mouth-watering hors d'oeuvre or hearty entrée today. There are at least 40 serving suggestions for crocodile alone! And there are more than 250 photographs from acclaimed photographer Michael Freeman, whose aim is true and who eats what he shoots. This is gonzo food writing that's sure to change your mind, if not your palate.

Author : Doris Witt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1999-03-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780195354980

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Black Hunger by Doris Witt Pdf

The creation of the Aunt Jemima trademark from an 1889 vaudeville performance of a play called "The Emigrant" helped codify a pervasive connection between African American women and food. In Black Hunger, Doris Witt demonstrates how this connection has operated as a central structuring dynamic of twentieth-century U.S. psychic, cultural, sociopolitical, and economic life. Taking as her focus the tumultuous era of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when soul food emerged as a pivotal emblem of white radical chic and black bourgeois authenticity, Witt explores how this interracial celebration of previously stigmatized foods such as chitterlings and watermelon was linked to the contemporaneous vilification of black women as slave mothers. By positioning African American women at the nexus of debates over domestic servants, black culinary history, and white female body politics, Black Hunger demonstrates why the ongoing narrative of white fascination with blackness demands increased attention to the internal dynamics of sexuality, gender, class, and religion in African American culture. Witt draws on recent work in social history and cultural studies to argue for food as an interpretive paradigm which can challenge the privileging of music in scholarship on African American culture, destabilize constrictive disciplinary boundaries in the academy, and enhance our understanding of how individual and collective identities are established.

Author : Elizabeth Silverthorne
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1585442305

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Legends and Lore of Texas Wildflowers by Elizabeth Silverthorne Pdf

In this volume, Elizabeth Silverthorne has gathered an intriguing array of folklore about forty-four of Texas' most fascinating wildflowers, such as water lily, Queen Anne's Lace, honeysuckle, dogwood, and morning glory.

Author : Claudia Myers
Publisher : UCANR Publications
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1879906384

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Specialty and Minor Crops Handbook by Claudia Myers Pdf

Handy for commercial producers as well as backyard gardeners, this classic guide for growers and sellers of niche market produce provides detailed information about growing specialty crops that are growing in popularity among consumers. Includes 63 crop sheets-from arugula to radicchio, basil to thyme, prickly pear to tomatillos, variety and heirloom tomatoes. Includes market information, resources, and a glossary of Asian vegetable names.

Author : Liz Druitt
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-29
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781461662129

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The Organic Rose Garden by Liz Druitt Pdf

Offers the elements of garden design necessary for an organic program, as well as companion plant ideas, cultivation and troubleshooting, fun extras such as rose recipes, and a timely organic perspective.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : MINN:31951D00268745N

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A Small-scale Agriculture Alternative by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lavonne B. Axford
Publisher : Detroit : Gale Research Company
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Cooking
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036876519

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English Language Cookbooks, 1600-1973 by Lavonne B. Axford Pdf

Author : Mrs. Henry Leiter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1332803768

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The Flower City Cook Book (Classic Reprint) by Mrs. Henry Leiter Pdf

Excerpt from The Flower City Cook Book To meet the demands, as above indicated, eating is essential. It is necessary to eat to live, even though it may be a fact that much of living is for the sake of eating. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Rebecca Sullivan
Publisher : Kyle Books
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780857835246

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The Art of Edible Flowers by Rebecca Sullivan Pdf

This gorgeous little book is a joyful exploration of the many ways in which flowers can be used in a range of delicious recipes. From Rose and Lavender Cocktail Syrup to Jasmine and Green Tea Ice Cream, the ideas and flavours are subtly, deliciously floral. Savoury options include Courgette Carpaccio with Wood Sorrel Flowers and Artichokes with Roasted Garlic and Chive Flowers, while the drinks range from Fermented Elderflower Fizz to soothing Poppy Milk. Rebecca's creative ideas and thoughtful approach make the entire process of cooking a mindful experience, from picking the flowers through to the very last bite. Bursting with beautiful creations and infused with natural flavours, this volume offers recipes suitable for all abilities.