Seasonal Food: A guide to what's in season when and why - Couverture souple

Waddington, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1903919525 ISBN 13 : 9781903919521

Editeur : Eden Project Books, 2004

Synopsis

A crucial companion for the keen cook who wants the best ingredients - food that is fresh, grown organically, and if not locally, then at least hasn't travelled thousands of miles to get to your shopping basket. This is the book to tell you what to go looking for, what to buy, when to buy it, where to buy it (and even how to cook it) to eat the best.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul is a professional copywriter, 39, with a strong interest in food and the environment. He has written, published and spoken on technology and new media and maintains a website and newsletter that champion the cause of good writing in business; see his website www.plain-text.co.uk. He describes himself as 'an educated and enthusiastic punter' who, when reading about his favourite subject, food, spotted a gap in the market for a book on seasonal food; he has read widely and deeply into food and environmental issues and knows a lot of academics and professionals in various branches.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Do you know when to eat duck? Why tomatoes are best in September? When pears are in season? Or why you won't find a native oyster in June?

Even cheeses are seasonal and yet most of us have little idea of the British food calendar. Our lives were once intimately entwined with the seasons. Survival depended on our knowing when to plant, when to harvest, and how to dry, salt, smoke, preserve and store. We learnt to eat bacon not just because it is delicious but also because curing is an effective way of preserving valuable meat. We celebrated the seasons, and because we knew how to take advantage of them, we ate food at its best.

Writing with the relish his subject deserves, Paul Waddington sets out to restore this crucial knowledge of our food, explaining what is good now with a month-by-month guide to British food at its freshest. He explains why lamb is perfect this month, but not lobster, when you should choose strawberries and not blackberries, when you should look for elderflower and what to do with it when you find it, and why you should choose this potato over that. His book includes our foods' culinary history, notes for preserving and storing, supplier advice, and suggestions for what will work with what.

This is the ultimate answer to the perennial question of what to eat tonight. So much more than a recipe book or a directory, SEASONAL FOOD is the essential companion for all food enthusiasts; it is also an absorbing and entertaining reference for anyone wanting to buy locally so as to eat well and contribute to sustainable, local agriculture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Eden Project Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903919525
• ISBN 13: 9781903919521
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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