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Thirteen years in the making, the Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook is ready for the audience that has long been awaiting it. The world's loudly proclaimed interest in New Orleans—its food, its culture, and most recently its struggle to rebuild after one of the greatest disasters in modern times—proves that, now more than ever, there is tremendous demand for such a book.
Poppy Tooker tells the story of the Crescent City Farmers Market through her distinctly New Orleans voice as one of a local food preservationist, Slow Food New Orleans founder, and longtime market collaborator. With a market tradition dating back to the late 1600s, the story of the rise and decline of New Orleans' city markets prior to the creation of the Crescent City Farmers Market is both educational and entertaining. Tooker recalls whimsical and wacky market events with both prose and archival photography. On a more serious note, she tells compelling stories of Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on market vendors from an insider's point of view. More than 70 profiles of key market vendors are included, humanizing the book's recipes in a truly unique way.The Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook incorporates renowned New Orleans chefs' recipes inspired by the region's seasonal bounty, as well as family favorites from market vendors and shoppers. More than 125 recipes, ranging from Creole classics such as Oysters Rockefeller, Gumbo Z'Herbes, and Bread Pudding to Gator-Tater Salad, Asian Pear Slaw, Chevre-Stuffed Squash Blossoms, Kakurei Turnip and Pork Fricasse, Barbecue Shrimp Pie, and Satsuma- Chocolate Gelato reveal why New Orleans is one of the great food cities of theworld.| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Luca Corvi
reviewed Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook on July 10, 2013
Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook
This is a great resource for people wanting to know more about the common (and some not as common) fruits and veggies they eat: how to select the fruit/vegetable at its best, the seasonally best time to buy them, some very simple preparations that highlight the produce itself, some more complex recipes that sound sooooo yummy. Mr. Parsons states in the introduction that he is all about the taste of food; if you want to learn about the political, social, economic, environmental impact of food, read other books. At the same time, he strongly advocates eating locally, getting to know your food and where it comes from. He is clearly passionate and knowledgeable about the subject.
The book is divided into sections by seasons - very useful in figuring out when local fruits and veggies are really ready. Each chapter highlights a different fruit or veggie, with information regarding its history, development, scientific background, and uses. This could have been a very dry read, but instead it's written in a very accessible voice, with plenty of colloquialisms and humor thrown in, making it fun and easy to read. The summaries at the end of each chapter are a quick at-a-glance recap of where the fruit or veggie is grown, and how to choose, store and prepare them.
I borrowed this from the library, but I may have to go find myself a copy to keep next to my Joy of Cooking in the kitchen.
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