The Complete Vegetable Cookbook: A Seasonal, Zero-waste Guide to Cooking with Vegetables
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A must-have guide for every cook on how to prepare, store, and cook fresh seasonal vegetables with confidence and keep waste to a minimum. From asparagus and artichoke to fennel and celeriac, James Strawbridge has your veg box covered!
Whether you are looking to include more veg in your diet, moving to a vegan or meat-free lifestyle, or looking for some flavour inspiration for your dishes, this is a vegetarian cookbook with a difference – giving you the confidence and knowledge to safely prepare and cook the edible parts of seasonal vegetables.
– Covers more than 60 vegetables organised by seasonality
– Over 135 delicious vegetarian recipes for you to enjoy – including main meals, light lunches and sides
– Detailed information on plant varieties with annotated photographs displaying the edible parts of each vegetable
– Learn the best way to prepare, store, and preserve your favourite veg
– Handy zero-waste top tips and practical tricks throughout to make your vegetables last longer
– Sustainable leftover solutions from stocks, and drying techniques to pickling, fermenting, and roasting
James Strawbridge showcases more than 60 vegetables, season by season, exploring each plant’s unique characteristics, different varieties, and how best to prepare produce in your kitchen. An advocate of zero-waste cooking, James also shares how you can make use of all that’s edible from root to bloom with ideas on preserving and storing.
Rustle up one of James’ family favourites – a warming fennel gratin for a cosy autumn evening meal; watercress, pear, and walnut tart; or even cucumber peel gin, and discover how the humble vegetable can deliver utmost flavour all year round.
A refreshing take on the classic recipe book, The Complete Vegetable Cookbook is a staple in the kitchen or a fantastic gift for food lovers and allotment growers alike!
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Discover more from James Strawbridge in The Artisan Kitchen: The science, practice and possibilities providing modern twists to age-old preservation, fermentation and cooking techniques. Or, why not join Dick Strawbridge, of Channel 4’s Escape to the Chateau, and his son James on a journey to reduce your carbon footprint in Practical Self-sufficiency: The complete guide to sustainable living today.
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (14 Oct. 2021), DK |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 304 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 024150094X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0241500941 |
| Dimensions | 22.1 x 3 x 26.2 cm |
by Row M.
Good info for complete beginners but written in a patronising way. I gave the book away as once I’d started reading it – I didn’t want to use it because of the way it’s written
by Amanda McCabe
It’s a nicely presented book with a fair amount of information for those with little idea. However, it didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know and there were fewer recipes than I expected.
by J. Fagan
I have been veggie for 35 years and I cook a lot.
This is a beautiful and interesting book. The recipes are straightforward but look very tasty. It’s divided into seasons, then each veg in that season is described & pictured. Then there are 3 or more recipes for each veg.
I also love Tim Spector’s books & this feeds into that more veg/pulses and no UP food philosophy.
Would recommend 100%
by cj
Nothing n not to like loved it . Very easy to follow .
by S Tansley
Great book with some great recipes. Loved the format and layout and a real education in sustainable shopping/growing of vegetables with a step by step guide to what parts are edible and hor to cook them.
by Clawmaw
This review is for the Kindle version of this cookbook. The recipes seem good from what I saw, but unfortunately the Kindle version doesn’t have an index at the back. ????
It doesn’t have a recipe list anywhere in it either. Not at the front and not at the start of each section. None! ????
This means you have to scroll through every single Kindle page in order to see what the recipes are. This is poor and not the way that cookbook ebooks should be designed. We want recipes lists with links that take us directly to the recipe and/or an index at the back with clickable links in it.
I used the ‘look inside’ feature and saw that the printed copy has an index at the back so I don’t know why the Kindle version doesn’t provide an index. This is very poor for a Kindle cookbook. How are we supposed to search for recipes if we don’t know which ones are in it?
I hope that the Publisher sees this review and puts an index or recipe list in it. This is not acceptable as it is currently being sold!
I returned it for a refund. I’m gutted too as I really wanted this cookbook. Not everyone has the space to always buy printed books. ????
*EDIT*
I tweeted James, the author and also DK Publishers to kindly ask if they could add an index and/or
a clickable recipe list to the Kindle version. They both completely ignored me! I won’t be wasting my money on this kindle version again and I won’t be buying the printed copy! ????
by Border Reiver
The kindle version is of no use whatsoever because there is neither a list of contents/recipe list nor an index. The kindle version is worth zero points.
by David Park
I know it doesn’t cover every vegetable I eat, but its full of very useful ideas for getting the best out of the 60 vegetables included. My nut roast this Christmas can be found on page 228. It gives me inspiration on what to add to my allotment, different ways of cooking the same vegetable. I have over 200 cook books and a vegetarian wife and this book has many pages tabbed up. I fully recommend this book.