Field Guide to Produce : How to Identify, Select and Prepare Virtually Every Fruit and Vegetable at the Market

English

Series: Field Guide Ser.

ISBN: 1931686807

EAN: 9781931686808

Category: Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Fruit/Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Vegetables/

Publisher: Quirk Books

Release Date: 06/20/2004

Synopsis: Produce: Its not just apples and oranges anymore. Todays supermarket shelves are stocked with strange, exotic, and delightful items such as quince, jicama, kumquats, amaranth, yuzus, and wing beans. But you dont need a degree in botany to make sense of it all -- just carry along Field Guide to Produce! This practical guide to the worlds most popular fruits and vegetables features more than 200 full-color photographs -- plus detailed descriptions, selection tips, and guidelines on peeling, blanching, cooking, and eating. Award-winning chef Aliza Green describes everything youre likely to find at your local grocery store and farmers market -- from common cabbages and coconuts to more adventurous fare like chayote and cherimoya. Grocery shopping -- and dinner -- will never be the same again!

Field Guide to Produce : How to Identify, Select and Prepare Virtually Every Fruit and Vegetable at the Market

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.1 inches

Width: 4.41 inches

Length: 5.87 inches

Weight: 12.7 oz

Pages: 384