Riding the crest of ever-evolving food trends takes some real ingenuity. This carefully configured cookbook manages to chart the course in an unexpectedly old-fashioned way.
For those not in the know, locavore is a newly minted word used to loosely describe one who purchases and eats foodstuffs grown, raised and produced exclusively within a 100-mile radius of home. It’s a pretty tall order, one within the expertise of food-savvy Suszko (Farms and Foods of Ohio, 2007). In her hands, it’s just a palate-pleasing turnaround from making do with supermarket food from anywhere to preparing, eating and preserving unadulterated local fare, season by season, as our ancestors did. In the process, locavores boost a growing niche in local economies by patronizing farmers’ markets and getting to know the passionate new crop of young produce-raising, baking and cheese-making artisans nearby. A wide variety of spectacular recipes showcase the stars of each season, from Spring Asparagus Frittata and Roasted Strawberries with Cornmeal Poundcake to Chicken Pesto Cheesecake and Farmhouse Chowder for winter. The author offers valuable advice on how to choose, store and cook a long list of locally available items to the most delicious advantage. As a bonus, she takes the mystery out of freezing meat, poultry and vegetables, and her instructions on canning fruits make success a real possibility. Easy-to-follow tutorials explain how to make your own applesauce, Raspberry Lime Jam, butter, sauerkraut, Crème Fraiche and herb-infused vinegars. As Suszko demonstrates, sometimes staying ahead of the foodie pack means going back to one’s culinary roots.
Pub Date: Aug. 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8214-1938-0
Page Count: 260
Publisher: Ohio Univ.
Review Posted Online: July 5, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2011
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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