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Learn to COOK - Food to Live By: The Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbook (Earthbound Farm Organic Cookbk)
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List Price: $21.95
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Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.563
EAN: 9780761138990
ISBN: 0761138994
Label: Workman Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 402
Publication Date: 2006-10-20
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Studio: Workman Publishing Company
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Organic food is synonymous with premium quality, the deepest, richest taste, conscientious farming, and optimum health. It’s what we need to feed our kids, what we deserve to feed ourselves. And no one is doing more to popularize organic food that Myra Goodman, a mother, a creative cook, and most significantly, co-owner of Earthbound Farm, the world’s largest grower and purveyor of organic produce.
In Food to Live By, a dazzling full-color cookbook, Myra Goodman offers an utterly appealing, new casual style of cooking based on using the best ingredients, organic or otherwise. The dishes are irresistible: Sweet Corn Chowder. Spinach, Feta and Mushroom Quiche. Foggy Day Chili. Merlot-Braised Short Ribs with Cipollini Onions. Spicy Chicken Lettuce Wraps. Ginger Lime Salmon. Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Spiced Orange Sauce. Blue Cheese Smashed Potatoes. Coconut Lemongrass Sorbet. Cherry Panna Cotta. Farm Stand Carrot Cake. Plus, throughout are Farm-Fresh Ingredient boxes—on sorrel, corn, asparagus, artichokes— cooking and shopping tips, and health notes.
Before Myra and her husband, Drew, founded Earthbound Farm, they tended a small organic raspberry patch in Carmel, California—and Myra baked (and sold) amazing Raspberry Corn Muffins, plus jams, and more. Then Earthbound grew to offer organic lettuce mixes to local restaurants, and eventually the rest of the country. When The Organic Kitchen at Earthbound Farm opened, it was yet another venue for Myra, and the café’s chefs, to share delicious recipes and ideas. Now Food to Live By brings this organic revolution to everyone who cares about what they eat.
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Summary: Not As Good As I Expected
Comment: I expected MORE from Earthbound Farms. This cookbook was nothing special. The recipes are mediocre and short in number. I expected more emphasis on the FRUITS and VEGGIES. I felt it was overpriced for what it contained. It might be good for "beginners", but contains little for real produce lovers! Also, I thought it would contain more vegetarian recipes. This had nothing more than any other good general cookbook. There are better cookbooks out there. Pass on this one!
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Summary: Not too impressed
Comment: My family bought me this book a few years ago when I was vegan- I think they must have just assumed it was a vegan cookbook. Anyway, it sat on my shelf for a while until I recently decided to start using it.
The recipes are easy to understand, and the pictures of the food are great, but the ratios seem off to me. I made the fruit crumble and the ratatouille and in both cases the vegetable/fruit part seemed to overwhelm the rest of the dish: the crumble part of the fruit crumble should have been doubled, and the veggie part of the ratatouille made enough for *at least* twice as much pasta.
The various ingredient dictionary is nice, and now that I know I need to doctor the fruit crumble recipe, I'll probably make it again, but this book will certainly not become a kitchen staple, no would I encourage people to go out of their way to obtain a copy. If it magically appears in your possession however, don't take the recipes too literally.
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Summary: Best cookbook ever!
Comment: I have just recently begun purchasing organic fruits, vegetables, snack items and dairy for my household. When I saw this cookbook I figured I would try it to see how it measures up to others. So far every recipe I have made has been UNBELIEVABLY great!!! They are easy to follow, you would think you are a gourmet chef. The ingredients for the recipes are not too far removed from your local store or farm market. I love that there is a story behind the Earthbound Farm to tell and that the sidebars are explanatory for certain foods and that there are also pages dedicated to explaining different vegetables (i.e. lettuce- who knew there were SO many varieties!) I would recommend this book to a novice cook and a seasoned one.
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Summary: Organic Foods
Comment: The author extols the virtues of organic produce. In addition, the book is critical of toxic pesticides, conservation through elimination of toxic pesticides and and avoidance of synthetic fertilizers. A sample crop rotation regimen is depicted.
Organic food preparation is discussed in detail. i.e.
o raspberry scones
o summer harvest soup
o sweet corn chowder
o ginger carrot soup
o iced ginger melon soup and many others
This is an excellent work for organic food enthusiasts.
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Summary: So many different options!
Comment: Bought this as a gift for someone and everything she has made from it, has been great. Thus far, up to 5 different recipes. They're all different and she has shared them w/me and they are really incredible! Not just for those wanting organice food.
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