Gingersnap Pumpkin Cheesecake This makes one very large, irresistible cheesecake that is perfect for a special occasion. The tawny pumpkin topped with sweetened sour cream looks festive, the filling is rich and smooth, and the crunch of the gingersnap cookie crust adds the texture and flavor boost that brings it all home. It’s best to […]
Heirloom Harvest
HEIRLOOM HARVEST – Book Review Modern Daguerreotypes of Historic Garden Treasures By Amy Goldman with Photographs Jerry Spagnoli Bloomsbury | 192 pages | Retail $85. Amy Goldman is the award-winning author of Melons for the Passionate Grower, The Compleat Squash, and The Heirloom Tomato, and a longtime champion of heirloom plants. In Heirloom Harvest, she takes her expertise and dedication […]
Vegetable Literacy
VEGETABLE LITERACY Book Review Cooking and Gardening with Twelve Families from the Edible Plant Kingdom. Written by Deborah Madison. Ten Speed Press, 2013. 416 pages. Hardcover: $40 For most gardeners, planting a garden is all about flowers, yet for cooks it is about food. Leave it to Deborah Madison, author of Vegetable Literacy and leading […]
Growing Beautiful Food
GROWING BEAUTIFUL FOOD -Book Review A Gardener’s Guide to Cultivating Extraordinary Vegetables and Fruit by Matthew Benson. Rodale Press, New York, New York, 2015. 252 pages. Hardcover: $32.50. It is said that eating involves all the senses, yet the first bite is taken with the eyes, notes organic farmer Matthew Benson in, Growing Beautiful Food. His […]
Ground Breaking Food Gardens
GROUND BREAKING FOOD GARDENS – Book Review 73 Plans that will change the way you grow your garden Niki Jabbour. Storey Publishing. 272 pages. Full-Color Illustrations. Paperback: $19.95. In 2009, when the Obama family planted a kitchen garden at the White House, it re-ignited a trend that had been largely dormant for the past century. […]
Epic Tomatoes
EPIC TOMATOES – Book Review How to select and grow the best varieties of all time. Craig Le Houillier | Storey Books | 250 pages | Retail $19.95 Craig Le Houllier is a man obsessed when it comes to tomatoes. Author of the new book, Epic Tomatoes, it all started when he joined the Seed Savers Exchange […]
The Vermont Country Store Cookbook on Food 52
Just as leaves turn from green to orange, our appetite changes from fresh to fire-roasted. It’s a good time to turn on the oven, and try one of my favorite recipes for Roasted Fall Vegetables adapted from The Vermont Country Store Cookbook, especially nice with a side of sausage, served over butternut squash ravioli. You might think that a […]