Ebook: Ruffage: a practical guide to vegetables: 100+ recipes and 230+ variations

In this insightful and enchanting cookbook, new flavors, textures, techniques, and ways to enjoy all the vegetables you want to eat are revealed by chef and former farmer Abra Berens. Not only a terrific resource, with more than 300 recipes written in Berens' uniquely succinct style, the book also presents evocative storytelling to open each chapter, and photography that conveys the seasons and rugged beauty of Michigan farm country--;Berens cooks her way through vegetables, A to Z. Whether it's pan roasted, grilled, puréed or raw, she takes readers from asparagus to turnips and rutabaga, sharing creative preparation techniques and flavor combinations. Berens evens shares information on what to look for in a vegetable, how to store them, and encouragement to improvise new combinations of your own. -- Adapted from introduction.;Introduction -- Strong pantry. Oils ; Acidity ; Spices and seasonings ; Herbs ; Grains ; Beans ; Pasta ; Grits ; Bread ; Dairy ; Dried fruit ; Nuts and seeds ; Preserved and tinned fish ; Condiments -- Vegetables and how I cook them. Asparagus ; Beets ; Broccoli ; Cabbage ; Carrots ; Cauliflower ; Celery and celery root ; Corn ; Cucumbers ; Eggplant ; Fennel ; Garlic ; Green beans ; Greens, delicate: arugula, leaf lettuce, head lettuce, spinach, baby bok choy ; Greens, hearty: chard, collards, kale, radicchio and other chicories ; Kohlrabi ; Leeks ; Onions ; Parsnips ; Peas ; Peppers, sweet ; Potatoes ; Radishes ; Ramps ; Squash, summer ; Squash, winter ; Sunchokes ; Tomatoes ; Turnips and rutabaga.