How to Pick a Peach The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table

Name: How to Pick a Peach The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table
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ISBN: 9780618463480

ISBN-10: 0618463488

ISBN-13: 9780618463480

Edition: 2007

Authors: Russ Parsons

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Critics greeted Russ Parsons first book, How to Read a French Fry, with raves. The New York Times praised it for its "affable voice and intellectual clarity"; Julia Child lauded it for its "deep factual information."Now in How to Pick a Peach, Parsons takes on one of the hottest food topics today. Good cooking starts with the right ingredients, and nowhere is that more true than with produce. Should we refrigerate that peach? How do we cook that artichoke? And what are those different varieties of pears? Most of us arent sure. Parsons helps the cook sort through the produce in the market by illuminating the issues surrounding it, revealing intriguing facts about vegetables and fruits in…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/9/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Russ Parsons is food editor of the "Los Angeles Times", the nation's largest metropolitan daily. He has won many awards for his journalism, including the Bert Greene Award & two James Beard Awards.



The Vegetables and Fruits Alphabetically


The Recipes by Category


Introduction


The Plant Designers: Factories in the Field 21


Spring Artichokes


Asparagus


Onions, Leeks and Garlic


Peas and Fava Beans


Salad Greens


Strawberries


Big Farmers, Small Farmers: The Cost of Compromise


Summer Corn


Cucumbers


Eggplants


Green Beans


Summer Squash


Tomatoes


Cherries


Grapes


Melons


Peaches and Nectarines


Plums


Growers and Global Competition: Reinventing the Tomato


Fall Broccoli and Cauliflower


Mushrooms


Peppers


Winter Squash


Apples


Pears, Asian Pears and Quinces


Persimmons and Figs


Market Corrections: The Return of the Small Farmer


Winter Cabbages and Brussels Sprouts


Cooking Greens


Potatoes


Root Vegetables


Lemons and Limes


Mandarins (Tangerines), Grapefruits and Pummelos


Oranges


Index