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| Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets | 
 enlarge | Author: Deborah Madison
Category: Book
Buy New: $59.05
New (4) Used (8) from $21.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 801762
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.8 x 1.4
ASIN: B0007LQ4GG
Publication Date: June 11, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Flawless must have cookbook if you shop at a farmers market February 15, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bring out this cookbook every week after shopping at the farmers market, and it encouraged us to try unfamiliar looking greens and vegetables. Living in California, none of the ingredients are out of reach, and we find most if not all of the ingredients at our local market and grocery stores.
Unlike some other cookbooks, Crescent Dragonwagon for one, there are no faulty techniques, if you follow her instructions you get flawless results. And after a couple of tries, you can substitute and experiment. Her recipes do tend to be classic french with plenty of butter and other dairy, so as folks who watch their cholesterol, I have substituted olive oil for the butter and tofu for the eggs in some recipes with no ill effects. I would suggest that if you are a serious cook you would have an extensive herb garden of your own anyway, so that finding ingredients like marjoram, sage, lemon thyme and sorrel do not mean a trip to a specialty grocer.
Unlike the Chez Panisse cookbook, this one is suitable for vegetarians to use too, since while it does include recipes for market meats and fish, most veg recipes do not include meat stocks, bacon etc type of flavor enhancers like you find in the Chez Panisse cookbook. As a vegetarian myself, I always hesitate to adapt those wondering whether the results will be bland and missing the oomph when you are rushing to get a meal on the table.
Deborah has a perfect palate September 5, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Over the years I have come to rely on Deborah Madison's cookbooks as those where I can make any recipe in the book and the result will be perfect. Purchased when we joined a "Community Supported Agriculture" and began getting a weekly box of more and more unusual vegetables, this book is perfect for understanding certain vegetables: when they are at their best, and how to prepare them. After "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone," no Madison cookbook will ever again seem encyclopedic enough!!
Great Recipies and Wonderful Pictures July 16, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Perhaps it is unsophisticated for me to enjoy pictures in cook books as much as I do - but I find it hard to cook without them. This book is full of lush vegetable and food photos. The recipies are true to the title, teaching the reader how to use ingredients from local farmers' markets and/or farm shares. The recipies range from simple to more advanced. I've already ordered more to give as gifts. This is one of the best books I've used in years. Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' Markets
 Great Cookbook! And really fun to read September 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this book after reading about it in Barbara Kingsolver's "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" I shop at our local market a lot so I thought this book would be helpful. I LOVE reading Madison's stories and I agree with her advocation of local markets. This book is great for figuring out what to do with veggies when they are in season. The book is arranged by type of food for example - Greens, Nightshades, Stonefruits, which is both beautiful and useful. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is that I do find this organization a bit confusing if I want to make a whole meal. For example, the soups are spread across all of the chapters, so you need to know what your ingredients are, not that you want to make soup - but this is often how we shop at the market, so I think it will just take a bit of getting used to. Bottom line - if you love your market, you will love this book!
Fabulous Resource for Local Cooking September 11, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a member of a Community Supported Agriculture program, I find "Local Flavors" (along with "From Asparagus to Zucchini...") to be a fabulous resource for exploring meal options for many of the unique produce items I receive. Deborah Madison's directions are clear and easy to follow, and the pictures are mouth-watering. As a non-vegetarian living with a vegetarian, I find that Deborah Madison's vegetarian recipes produce meals that satisfy meat-eaters and vegetarians alike.
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