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.