Friday, March 19, 2010

The Organic Cook's Bible

If you are discerning of food quality then maybe this is the book for you.

The Organic Food Shopper's Guide: How to Select and Cook the Best Ingredients on the Market (Hardcover)
Cox (Cellaring Wine), a veteran organic gardener, provides an encyclopaedic guide to organic ingredients from fruits and vegetables to meats and dairy products, plus "kitchen staples" like coffee, bouillon and flour. Unlike most reference books, his is filled with personal touches: sidebars like "My Favourite Cherries" and "Keep an Eye Out for Black Walnuts" tell about Cox′s encounters with foods, and even within the technical portions of the entries—which give information on nutrition, seasonality, storage, preparation and so on, as well as brief, fascinating histories of a food′s cultivation—Cox often takes a personal approach. There are recipes using nearly every ingredient, most prepared simply to highlight a particular flavor, as in potent Rosemary Pesto, but others incorporate a food into heartier fare, like Caraway–Infused Pork. Though Cox′s frequent pauses to extol organic food′s virtues are of the preaching–to–the–choir variety, his abundant, knowledgeable advice on how to find and use the best products, and his presentation of special varieties of the ingredients make this a helpful resource for shoppers who are both bewildered and excited by the offerings in an ever–expanding field.The Organic Food Shopper's Guide: How to Select and Cook the Best Ingredients on the Market

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