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The Vegetable Butcher How to Select Prep Slice Dice and Masterfully Cook Vegetables from Artichokes to Zucchini
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Applying the skills of butchery to the unique anatomy of vegetables leafy lumpy stalky gnarly thick skinned or softly yielding Cara Magini shows slice by slice how to break down more than 100 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 150 recipes that will forever change the dutiful notion of eat your yeggies 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 extraordinary delicious vegetables and make them the center of the meal Book jacket 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 shows 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 The
