The Vegetable Butcher : : how to Select, Prep, Slice, Dice, and Masterfully Cook Vegetables From Artichokes to Zucchini

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"Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
"Marrying the art of butchery with the joy of gorgeous seasonal produce, The Vegetable Butcher is the fresh, inspiring and essential guide that demystifies the world of vegetables, from exotic crosnes and gnarly celeriac to the amazingly versatile everyday potato. It's the book that show exactly how to prepare an artichoke-plus peel a tomato, chiffonade kale, slice kohlrabi into carpaccio, break down a butternut squash, and cut a cauliflower into steaks. This is a complete vegetable education, from what to look for at the market to how to make vegetables the center of truly distinctive dishes. Over 100 recipes, all vegetarian (and all extraordinarily luscious), celebrate the soul-satisfying flavor of each vegetable-Orange Shallot Fiddlehead Ferns and Ricotta Crostini; a summery Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil Penne with Pine Nuts and Mozzarella; Cauliflower and Caramelized Fennel Soup; a Parsnip-Ginger Layer Cake with Burnt-Buttercream Frosting to sweeten a winter meal. Vegetables are modern, sexy, and outrageously delicious. And now, completely knowable , too"-- Provided by publisher.

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Useful reference! submitted by crwilley on July 11, 2018, 6:07pm I subscribed to a CSA this summer and sometimes my share has included vegetables I was completely unfamiliar with. It's been great to have a reference for how to cook with some of them!

Improve your vegetable butchery submitted by eileenw on June 18, 2022, 7:31pm At first I thought "the vegetable butcher" was just a playful term for a vegetarian cookbook. But this book actually spends a fair amount of time walking you how to cut, clean, and prep vegetables. It lives up to its Butcher title!

While you may be thinking "I know how to cut veg," it's worth reading because there may be a better way to make cuts or certain foods you actually *don't* know how to cut.

Also features vegetarian recipes.