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Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets

Description

First published in hardcover in 2002, Local Flavors was a book ahead of its time. Now, imported food scares and a countrywide infatuation with fresh, local, organic produce has caught up with this groundbreaking cookbook, available for the first time in paperback.

Deborah Madison celebrates the glories of the farmers’ markets of America in a richly illustrated collection of seasonal recipes for a profusion of produce grown coast to coast. As more and more people shun industrially produced foods and instead choose to go local and organic, this is the ideal cookbook to capitalize on a major and growing trend.

Local Flavors emphasizes seasonal, regional ingredients found in farmers’ markets and roadside farm stands and awakens the reader to the real joy of making a direct connection with the food we eat and the person who grows it. Deborah Madison’s 350 full-flavored recipes and accompanying menus include dishes as diverse as Pea and Spinach Soup with Coconut Milk; Rustic Onion Tart with Walnuts; Risotto with Sorrel; Mustard Greens Braised with Ginger, Cilantro, and Rice; Poached Chicken with Leeks and Salsa Verde; Soy Glazed Sweet Potatoes; Cherry Apricot Crisp; and Plum Kuchen with Crushed Walnut Topping.

Covering markets around the country from Vermont to Hawaii, Deborah Madison reveals the astonishing range of produce and other foods available and the sheer pleasure of shopping for them. A celebration of farmers and their bounty, Local Flavors is a must-have cookbook for anyone who loves fresh, seasonal food simply and imaginatively prepared.

In her previous cookbooks Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone and the classic Greens Cookbook, among others, Deborah Madison scored with savory yet sophisticated fare--the kind of food even meat lovers relish. Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets finds Madison shopping those havens of quality, taste, and diversity, and devising recipes based on their seasonally available bounty. Among the 350 recipes--not all vegetarian--fans will immediately recognize the Madison hand in dishes like Soft Tacos with Roasted Green Chiles, Spinach and Green Garlic Soufflé, and Winter Squash "Pancake" with Mozzarella and Sage. There's more to the book, however: "Many people still think that the farmers' market is the place you go to for cheap food," says Madison. More to the point, they're a source for "truly local and therefore truly seasonal [food], quite likely raised by sound sustainable methods and by someone who might become your friend." It's a message most readers will embrace.

The book offers chapters deftly arranged by fruit and vegetable families as they appear in the markets, such as "The Vegetable Fruits of Summer: Eggplants, Tomatoes, and Peppers" and "A Cool Weather Miscellany," which includes recipes such as Sautéed Artichokes with Potatoes and Garlic Chives and a marvelous "essence-of" soup, Elixir of Fresh Peas. Madison also treats unfamiliar fruits and vegetables, presenting the likes of lamb quarters in a soup made with Sonoma Teleme cheese, and sugar loaf chicory simply grilled and dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Recipes for delightful salads like Melon Salad with Thai Basil also appear, as do a selection of pastas and risotto, such as Winter Squash Risotto with Seared Radicchio, and sweets like White Peaches in Lemon Verbena Syrup and Date, Dried Cherry, and Chocolate Nut Torte. With sidebars like Atlanta's All-Organic Market: Late October and color photos throughout of vendors, produce, and many of the dishes, the book offers the perfect match of Madison and the markets. --Arthur Boehm

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-22
Summary: "A feast for the Eyes"

Madison had the enviable job of traveling the country, visiting local farmers markets and writing short pieces on a sampling of them as well as producing recipes for the produce found there. Beautifully photographed, the book will inspire would-be "locavore" cooks to explore their nearest markets and get cooking.

Since I don't generally follow recipes to the letter - rather, I use them as guidelines and springboards - I can't verify whether most recipes are easy to follow or turn out well. However, I liked the book's organization (by produce families).

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-06-21
Summary: "Excellent niche book by Deborah Madison"

The impeccable Deborah Madison turns out a book that makes the best of your local farmers market - you will find her recipes to be spot on, as are the wine recommendations.

However, the recipe instructions can be a bit "Posh Nosh" at times - and some of them assume that you are not a novice. If you ARE a novice, get thee a copy of her Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone and start there or you might find yourself lost in some of the more advanced recipes.

I enjoyed the book because I do trek out to my nearby farmers markets every week and it gives me inspiration so I don't make the same old same old every time.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-06-20
Summary: "Eating Locally"

I have bought other cookbooks using local produce. This one was not as good as some but not as bad as others. I think for one thing a chef has access to ingredients that the everyday person does not. Plus take in to consideration where she is from, we don't get a lot of local stuff that California grows here in the Midwest. Over all not a bad cookbook but not my favorite.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-04-04
Summary: "Beautiful and Practical"

This is a cookbook I tend to read from cover to cover at the start of each CSA season. Madison's recipes provide lots of inspiration when I'm dealing with box after box of greens early in the season, and plenty of delicious ideas once we get into the many varieties of tomatoes, eggplants, and squash later on. Madison is a wonderful chef and an entertaining writer, which is a plus for food geeks like me who enjoy reading cookbooks almost as much as cooking from them. The photos are beautiful, and there there are lots of interesting descriptions of small farms and markets around the country. This book gets a lot of mileage in my kitchen from the opening day of our local market in May to the last CSA box in December. A great book for anyone who wants to eat locally and well.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2009-11-05
Summary: "Great recipes but could use a little more variety"

The recipes are great and the information about farmers' markets and types of vegetables was really useful. I do wish it included more recipes for some of the less common veggies (celeriac, winter squash, etc.), but I've used several of the recipes and they're really good.