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The vegetable butcher : how to select, prep, slice, dice, and masterfully cook vegetables from artichokes to zucchini / Cara Mangini.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Workman Publishing, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: iv, 346 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780761180524
  • 0761180524
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Contents:
A note from your vegetable butcher -- Butchery basics -- A visual guide to basic cuts -- Pantry support -- The vegetables. Artichokes ; Arugula and mizuna ; Asparagus ; Avocados ; Beets ; Bok Choy ; Broccoli and broccolini ; Broccoli rabe ; Brussels sprouts ; Cabbage ; Cardoons ; Carrots ; Cauliflower and romanesco ; Celery ; Celery root ; Chicories and endives ; Collard and other hearty greens (kale, mustard greens, Swiss chard) ; Corn ; Crosnes ; Cucumbers ; Eggplant ; Fava beans and cranberry beans ; Fennel ; Fiddlehead ferns ; Garlic ; Ginger ; Green beans ; Herbs (basil, chervil, chives, cilantro, dill, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme) ; Jicama ; Kohlrabi ; Leeks ; Lettuce ; Mushrooms ; Nettles ; Okra ; Onions ; Parsnips ; Peas and edible pod peas ; Peppers ; Potatoes ; Radishes ; Rhubarb ; Rutabaga ; Salsify and scorzonera ; Spinach ; Sunchokes ; Sweet potatoes ; Tomatillos ; Tomatoes ; Turnips ; Wild greens (amaranth, dandelion greens, lamb's quarters , orach, purslane, sorrel, watercress) ; Winter squash ; Zucchini and summer squash -- Conversion tables -- Recipes by season.
Summary: "Marrying the art of butchery with the joy of gorgeous seasonal produce, The Vegetable Butcher is the fresh, inspiring and essential guide that demystifies the world of vegetables, from exotic crosnes and gnarly celeriac to the amazingly versatile everyday potato. It's the book that show exactly how to prepare an artichoke-plus peel a tomato, chiffonade kale, slice kohlrabi into carpaccio, break down a butternut squash, and cut a cauliflower into steaks. This is a complete vegetable education, from what to look for at the market to how to make vegetables the center of truly distinctive dishes. Over 100 recipes, all vegetarian (and all extraordinarily luscious), celebrate the soul-satisfying flavor of each vegetable-Orange Shallot Fiddlehead Ferns and Ricotta Crostini; a summery Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil Penne with Pine Nuts and Mozzarella; Cauliflower and Caramelized Fennel Soup; a Parsnip-Ginger Layer Cake with Burnt-Buttercream Frosting to sweeten a winter meal. Vegetables are modern, sexy, and outrageously delicious. And now, completely knowable , too"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A root-to-leaf guide to vegetable butchery, with 150 recipes. Winner, IACP Cookbook Awards for Single Subject and People's Choice. Applying the skills of butchery to the unique anatomy of vegetables--leafy, lumpy, stalky, gnarly, thin-skinned, or softly yielding--Cara Mangini shows, slice by slice, how to break down more than 100 vegetables for their very best use in the kitchen. Here's how to peel a tomato, butcher a butternut squash, cut cauliflower steaks, and chiffonade kale. How to find the tender, meaty heart of an artichoke and transform satellite-shaped kohlrabi into paper-thin rounds, to be served as a refreshing carpaccio.And then, more than 150 recipes that will forever change the dutiful notion of "eat your veggies"--Grilled Asparagus, Taleggio, and Fried Egg Panini in the spring; summery Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil Penne with Pine Nuts and Mozzarella; and Parsnip-Ginger Layer Cake with Browned Buttercream Frosting to sweeten a winter meal. Plus everything else you need to know to enjoy modern, sexy, and extraordinarily delicious vegetables--and make the the center of the meal.

"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso.

"Marrying the art of butchery with the joy of gorgeous seasonal produce, The Vegetable Butcher is the fresh, inspiring and essential guide that demystifies the world of vegetables, from exotic crosnes and gnarly celeriac to the amazingly versatile everyday potato. It's the book that show exactly how to prepare an artichoke-plus peel a tomato, chiffonade kale, slice kohlrabi into carpaccio, break down a butternut squash, and cut a cauliflower into steaks. This is a complete vegetable education, from what to look for at the market to how to make vegetables the center of truly distinctive dishes. Over 100 recipes, all vegetarian (and all extraordinarily luscious), celebrate the soul-satisfying flavor of each vegetable-Orange Shallot Fiddlehead Ferns and Ricotta Crostini; a summery Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil Penne with Pine Nuts and Mozzarella; Cauliflower and Caramelized Fennel Soup; a Parsnip-Ginger Layer Cake with Burnt-Buttercream Frosting to sweeten a winter meal. Vegetables are modern, sexy, and outrageously delicious. And now, completely knowable , too"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index.

A note from your vegetable butcher -- Butchery basics -- A visual guide to basic cuts -- Pantry support -- The vegetables. Artichokes ; Arugula and mizuna ; Asparagus ; Avocados ; Beets ; Bok Choy ; Broccoli and broccolini ; Broccoli rabe ; Brussels sprouts ; Cabbage ; Cardoons ; Carrots ; Cauliflower and romanesco ; Celery ; Celery root ; Chicories and endives ; Collard and other hearty greens (kale, mustard greens, Swiss chard) ; Corn ; Crosnes ; Cucumbers ; Eggplant ; Fava beans and cranberry beans ; Fennel ; Fiddlehead ferns ; Garlic ; Ginger ; Green beans ; Herbs (basil, chervil, chives, cilantro, dill, marjoram, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme) ; Jicama ; Kohlrabi ; Leeks ; Lettuce ; Mushrooms ; Nettles ; Okra ; Onions ; Parsnips ; Peas and edible pod peas ; Peppers ; Potatoes ; Radishes ; Rhubarb ; Rutabaga ; Salsify and scorzonera ; Spinach ; Sunchokes ; Sweet potatoes ; Tomatillos ; Tomatoes ; Turnips ; Wild greens (amaranth, dandelion greens, lamb's quarters , orach, purslane, sorrel, watercress) ; Winter squash ; Zucchini and summer squash -- Conversion tables -- Recipes by season.

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