Melissa's everyday cooking with organic produce: a guide to easy-to-make dishes with fresh organic fruits and vegetables

Entries highlight 56 of the most commonly-available fruits and vegetables, arranged alphabetically for easy reference. The focus of this book will be on recipes and cooking delicious, flavorful food with fresh organic ingredients. There are over 225 recipes in the book, including four per fruit and vegetable listing, and a special section of Meatless Options in the back matter. Over 100beautiful 4-color photos highlight the delicious recipes, as well as the individual organic fruits and vegetables in each entry. Sprinkled throughout are photos from real organic farms in California spread throughout the book. Each topic begins with an overview of the food, what to look for when shopping, buying and storing tips, varieties, serving suggestions, and complete nutritional information in the USDA format. Each recipe contains Cook's Notes and tips, suggested variation, Meatless Options that highlight vegetarian substitutions for dishes with meat, and complete nutrition profiles. Helpful resources and information in the front and back include a seasonality chart and a list of the ‘best buys’ for organic fruits and vegetables.Melissa's World Variety Produce has been in business for over 30 years, and is the nation's leading distributor of specialty fruits and vegetables, wtih thousands of items available at any given time. Owners Joe and Sharon Hernandez seek out and ‘test’ new and unusual produce on an almost daily basis. They're aware of breaking culinary trends long before most chefs. In fact, chefs frequently call them to get information on new products; chefs want to be the first‘kid on the block’ with Melissa's latest finds showcased on their menus. Using ‘baby’ vegetables is just one of the trends they have introduced to chefs around the globe, branding those tender-tiny veggies with the Melissa's brand. With their resources and knowledge, they bring their specialized team, including corporate chef Ida Rodriguez and marketing maven Robert S. Schueller, who isknown as the ‘Produce Answer Man,’ and is frequently quoted in magazines (Vogue, Martha Stewart Living) and newspapers, and does many radio interviews, trade shows, and conferences. Cathy Thomas says that part of the fun of cooking is creating delectable dishes without spending hours in the kitchen. That's been the focal point her cooking classes and award-winning newspaper features forover two decades. Her quick-to-prepare recipes show off a full-flavored style, using fresh fruits and vegetables to their best advantage. Cathy is the award-winning food columnist at the Orange County Register. She has studied with chefs around the globe. Also the author of ‘Melissa's Great Book of Produce,’ she lives in Huntington Beach, with her husband, Phil McCullough.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-37105-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 05/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés