Cool Green Leaves and Red Hot Peppers - A Guide to Cooking With Fresh Vegetables

It has become increasingly clear how important vegetables are to a healthy diet. And cooks today have available a huge range of vegetables but many are unfamiliar. Cool Green Leaves & Red Hot Peppers is a unique guide to the best tasting varieties of vegetables available and how to select, store, and especially cook them. Over 100 recipes focus on the pleasures of using fresh produce in a way that is both interesting and retains their maximum nutritional value. Although there are many delicious vegetarian recipes, this is not a vegetarian cookbook. Included are recipes such as: Blackened Pork on Chinese Cabbage, Three-Artichoke Salad with Chicory and Bacon, Roasted Torpedo Onions, Nasturtium Roll-Ups. Vivid photographs show what the vegetables and the finished dishes look like. This exhilarating book takes a completely fresh look at cooking with vegetables!...