Fine Cooking Fresh: 350 Recipes That Celebrate the Seasons

By Fine Cooking Magazine

Book Overview

Locally grown. Organic. Fresh Ingredients. These are the buzzwords of the back-to-the-earth movement that's spawned a passion for fresh food and the reason for compiling the best FRESH recipes into this handy cookbook.

350 Tested Recipes. This fabulous collection of 350 recipes from the pages of Fine Cooking brings you delicious dishes that range from Artichoke Risotto to Zucchini and Goat Cheese Roll-Ups. The recipes focus on using local produce and seasonal foods and here you'll also find a wealth of useful techniques and informative sidebar features.

Making the Most of the Season. Now you'll always know how to cook what's plentiful at farm stands and your local market: lamb and mussels in the right season, asparagus and rhubarb in spring, tomatoes and corn in summer, eggplant and squash in the fall, and fruits and berries at their peak of freshness.

Simple to Sophisticated. FRESH offers you delicious ways to eat healthy and delight in the best of Nature's bounty.

Recipes That Work: Enjoy reliable recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, dinners, pastas, sides, and desserts with more than 300 full-color photos. Proven Know-How: Improve your skills with illustrated tips and techniques straight from the pros. #1 Cooking Authority: Rely on the trusted information from Fine Cooking, consistently one of the top five bestselling cooking magazines at bookstores and the #1 choice of people who love to cook.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1600851096
• ISBN13: 9781600851094
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Visually Stimulating

This is one of the better, easy to use, and visually stimulating cookbooks I've ever read. There's a photo of practically every recipe, along with helpful tips & techniques on the side. Each recipe is given one page, so it's an easy read and well designed book (I'm a graphic designer by profession, so I know what's an effective product when I see one). This is a winner in terms of usability. As for the recipes, it goes from medium to difficult in terms of prep time (at least for me). It's a gourmet cookbook afterall and some of the ingredients are not easily available where I live. If I lived near Whole Foods then I'd be cooking each recipe every day! There's so much variety in this book and it's really amazing what you can cook. But a few suggestions I wish the publisher included... 1. Include "Difficulty level" indicator - scale from 1 to 5 would have been helpful so I don't waste my time cooking something and find out halfway to regret it. 2. Include "Preparation time" - again, it would have been helpful so that I can plan ahead of time (I was very late for a potluck because of this). 3. Include "Serving Size" or "feeds x people", etc - this seems so basic in most magazine cookbooks and I'm surprised this was omitted. 4. A nutritional guide or calories/fat index would be useful. Overall, this is an excellent book. A great value too!

Fine Cooking Fresh is the best!

I love to cook and try new recipes these are just my style. Lots of flavor and easy to prepare. I gave this as a gift, but after looking at the recipes I wanted it for myself. So far I have only tried a few recipes. The roasted carrot soup is great, and I had everything in the fridge already! The updated Cobb salad is terrific as is the classic Caesar. Haven't tried all the salad dressings yet, but I will. The Roasted Cod with Basil Pesto & Garlic Breadcrumbs is reeeaaaaly yummy. Next I want to try the Thia Beef Salad with Mint & Cilantro. The Stir-fried Broccoli with Oyster Sauce is lovely (go with the red chile)The Grilled Asparagus with Fresh Tarragon Mayonnaise is wonderful with fish and the Braised Carrots, Red Onions & Bell Peppers with Ginger, Lime & Cilantro has become my Husbands new favorite. Haven't tried the Desserts yet however, later this month I'll try the Carrot Cake as it is my Husbands favorite.

An outstanding survey recommended for any cookbook library

Over 350 recipes from Fine Cooking's Fresh magazine offers a pairing of local ingredients with recipe ideas and techniques for producing seasonal dishes. Packed with color photos and discussions of how to get the most flavor from fresh food selections, Fine Cooking Fresh is an outstanding survey recommended for any cookbook library.