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P. Allen Smith's Seasonal Recipes From The Garden
P. Allen Smith
Clarkson Potter
November 0000
On Sale: December 28, 2010
256 pages ISBN: 0307351084 EAN: 9780307351081 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Gardening
In his cookbook debut, P. Allen Smith, America’s best-known
gardener and garden designer, celebrates the bounty of each
season with recipes of flavorful fruits, vegetables, and
herbs at their garden-fresh best.
P. Allen Smith’s Seasonal Recipes from the Garden features
120 recipes: 30 for each season. These are dishes that
everyone loves to eat. Taking delicious advantage of
ingredients as accessible as bell peppers and carrots and as
beloved as fresh peaches and tomatoes, the recipes are
Allen’s favorites, most from his own kitchen and some
adapted from family and friends. They are perfect for those
who garden as well as anyone who simply enjoys fresh food.
They include:
SPRING: Chilled Pea Soup with Bacon and Whipped Cream;
Grilled Salmon Sandwich with Lemon-Dill Mayo; Salad of
Asparagus, Edamame, Arugula, and Cheese; Radish Top Pasta;
Speckled Strawberry Ice Cream
SUMMER: Savory Grit Cakes with Oven-Smoked Tomatoes;
Zucchini and Lemon Salad; Aunt Martha’s Corn Pudding;
Rosemary-Garlic Smoked Pork Tenderloin; Peach Moon Tart
FALL: Parmesan Pecan Crisps; Roasted Red Pepper Soup;
Citrus-Glazed Turkey Breast; Goat Cheese and Leek Tart;
Allen’s Favorite Sweet Potato Pie
WINTER: Cranberry Spice Cocktail; Slow-Cooker Lamb Stew;
Savory Rosemary Butternut Squash; Tiny Orange Muffins;
Old-Fashioned Blackberry Jam Cake
The recipes, many of which are Southern-inflected, include
delightful personal stories, full of Allen’s much-loved wit
and charm. All-American Blueberry Muffins evoke memories of
him and his siblings roaming the woods searching for wild
berries; Lady Peas with Red Tomato Relish reminds him of
shelling peas with Ma Smith in his grandparents’ kitchen
after supper; and Blue Cheese and Onion Cornbread conjures
up the great sweet-versus-unsweet Southern cornbread debate.
Allen offers cooking tips as well as advice on selecting
fresh vegetables. There is also a how-to guide with basic
gardening suggestions for growing the best varieties of
produce. If you are new to gardening edibles, you’ll learn
that you should consider starting with zucchini (the most
“overachieving” of vegetables) and herbs (a windowsill gives
you all the space you need).
So, as Allen says of gardening and eating, those
well-matched passions, “Dig in!”
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