Cook This Now by food columnist, the New York Times Dining Section Melissa Clark should be on the holiday gift list for anyone who loves shopping the farmers markets or who wants to but isn’t sure how to prepare a number of the fresh products.
There are 100 recipes, broken down not just seasonally but monthly reflecting what is available at the farmers markets. Cook This Now guides you how to bring fresh items home and create tasty, seasonal dishes the likes of December’s Beet and Cabbage Borscht with Dill, Winter Salad with Fennel, Radicchio, Walnuts and Manchego or a Braised Leg of Lamb with Garlickly Rood Vegetable Puree.
Clark gives you footnotes called What Else? andA Dish by Another Name. The What Else? On the Leg of Lamb recipe mentioned above states shanks can be substituted for the leg of lamb if you like. August’s Sauteed Scallops with Tomatoes and Preserved Lemons ADish by Another Name states “substitute green olives mixed with an anchovy and some grated lemon zest. You’ll get a tangy, complex, wonderful dish with a similar depth to the lemony original, with ingredients you probably have in the fridge.”
Cook This Now offers an additional 20 beloved favorite recipes of Melissa Clark that are her go to recipes, leaning just shy of gourmet like Pan-Roasted Asparagus with Fried Eggs and Anchovy Bread Crumbs, Oven-Roasted Pork Butt with Rosemary, Garlic and Black Pepper and Kate’s Impossibly Fudgy Brownies with Chile and Sea Salt.
Author Melissa Clark is a James Beard Foundation Award winner and writes about cuisine, wine and travel for numerous publications, including the New York Times, where she writes the enormously popular “A Good Appetite” Dining Section column; Bon Appétit; Food & Wine; Martha Stewart; and website Gilt Taste. Clark has written 32 cookbooks, including In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite, Braise with Daniel Boulud; The Last Course with former Gramercy tavern pastry chef Claudia Fleming; The Deen Family Cookbook with Paula Deen; and The Skinny: How to Fit into Your Little Black Dress Forever.
Cook This Now – 120 Easy and Delectable Dishes You Can’t Wait to Make is available at all major booksellers. Follow Melissa Clark on Twitter @goodappetite or see what she’s cooking up next on www.melissaclark.net
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