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ISBN
9781607740377

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Potter/Ten SPEED/Harmony/Rodale
ISBN-10
1607740370
ISBN-13
9781607740377
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92866555

Product Key Features

Book Title
Tender Vol. 1 :A Cook and His Vegetable Patch [A Cookbook]
Number of Pages
624 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Specific Ingredients / Natural Foods, Specific Ingredients / Vegetables, Vegetables, Reference, Regional & Ethnic / English, Scottish & Welsh
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Cooking, Gardening
Author
Nigel Slater
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
2.2 in
Item Weight
62.5 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
7 in

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Trade
LCCN
2010-051310
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"But the crowning glory of "Tender" is Mr. Slater's own prose, even when treating of something as lowly as the autumnal cabbage-each dark-green leaf of which "somehow seems as if it will fend off our winter ills. Elephant ears of crinkled green, sparkling with dew; black plumes of cavolo nero like feathers on a funeral horse, and the dense, ice crisp flesh of red cabbage. Strong flavors indeed." Strong, yes, but also tenderly enticing, as guests at Mr. Slater's latest literary feast will discover." -The Wall Street Journal, Bookshelf, 4/23/11 "The best Brit you've never heard of. . . . Nigel Slater is who you'd get if you combined Alice Waters with Mark Bittman: a garden-to-table advocate whose goal in life is to make people love fresh produce and cooking because they are gasp fabulous and fun and do not have to be fussy in the slightest. -The Christian Science Monitor, 4/19/11 "Nigel Slater's Tender is a rich tale of one man's passion for cultivating, cooking, and eating from the garden. His sensuous and delicious recipes make us want to run right into the kitchen and start cooking. But even if you never set a foot in your garden or turn on the stove, it is a great, inspiring read." -Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, authors of Canal House Cooking   "As a second-floor city-dweller with no patch of land to call my own, a glimpse into Nigel Slater's garden sanctuary makes me ache for a small plot of good dirt, preferably just off a kitchen, to grow some of what I eat. Nigel captures the small moments-the rituals, sights, and smells-that are part of the cycle of growing, cooking, eating, and sharing, culminating in a collection of vibrant, bold yet approachable recipes. A rare treasure." -Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking   "A home garden isn't just the best source of the ultimately fresh. It's also the place where scent, smell, and touch vie with taste to inspire and shape our culinary imagination. Nigel Slater, a food writer too little known in this country, has a unique ability to convey this magical play of the senses, and what happens when we let it permeate our cooking. The imaginative, often inspired dishes that result are a revelation. Tender deserves pride of place on any vegetable lover's shelf." -John Thorne, author of Outlaw Cook   "Nigel Slater is my kind of cook. His gently passionate garden-to-kitchen approach shows respect for the beauty of simple ingredients. He celebrates the sweetness of a roasted onion, the thrill of a ripe berry, and the real pleasure of a good salad." -David Tanis, author of Heart of the Artichoke, " Tender is pleasing in so many ways. For cooks it's filled with glorious vegetable-centric recipes, for gardeners it's an insightful and personal story about just how much a garden can mean, and for those who just enjoy reading about food, well, you're going to love getting acquainted with Nigel Slater." -Serious Eats, Cook the Book, 5/23/11 "But the crowning glory of "Tender" is Mr. Slater's own prose, even when treating of something as lowly as the autumnal cabbage-each dark-green leaf of which "somehow seems as if it will fend off our winter ills. Elephant ears of crinkled green, sparkling with dew; black plumes of cavolo nero like feathers on a funeral horse, and the dense, ice crisp flesh of red cabbage. Strong flavors indeed." Strong, yes, but also tenderly enticing, as guests at Mr. Slater's latest literary feast will discover." -The Wall Street Journal, Bookshelf, 4/23/11 "The best Brit you've never heard of. . . . Nigel Slater is who you'd get if you combined Alice Waters with Mark Bittman: a garden-to-table advocate whose goal in life is to make people love fresh produce and cooking because they are gasp fabulous and fun and do not have to be fussy in the slightest. -The Christian Science Monitor, 4/19/11 "Engagingly written and showcasing more than 200 full-color photos, this attractive and infinitely useful collection shows how to tastefully incorporate more vegetables into one's diet while providing an informative primer on gardening."   -Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, 3/7/11 "Nigel Slater's Tender is a rich tale of one man's passion for cultivating, cooking, and eating from the garden. His sensuous and delicious recipes make us want to run right into the kitchen and start cooking. But even if you never set a foot in your garden or turn on the stove, it is a great, inspiring read." -Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, authors of Canal House Cooking   "As a second-floor city-dweller with no patch of land to call my own, a glimpse into Nigel Slater's garden sanctuary makes me ache for a small plot of good dirt, preferably just off a kitchen, to grow some of what I eat. Nigel captures the small moments-the rituals, sights, and smells-that are part of the cycle of growing, cooking, eating, and sharing, culminating in a collection of vibrant, bold yet approachable recipes. A rare treasure." -Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking   "A home garden isn't just the best source of the ultimately fresh. It's also the place where scent, smell, and touch vie with taste to inspire and shape our culinary imagination. Nigel Slater, a food writer too little known in this country, has a unique ability to convey this magical play of the senses, and what happens when we let it permeate our cooking. The imaginative, often inspired dishes that result are a revelation. Tender deserves pride of place on any vegetable lover's shelf." -John Thorne, author of Outlaw Cook   "Nigel Slater is my kind of cook. His gently passionate garden-to-kitchen approach shows respect for the beauty of simple ingredients. He celebrates the sweetness of a roasted onion, the thrill of a ripe berry, and the real pleasure of a good salad." -David Tanis, author of Heart of the Artichoke, “Nigel Slater’s Tender is a rich tale of one man’s passion for cultivating, cooking, and eating from the garden. His sensuous and delicious recipes make us want to run right into the kitchen and start cooking. But even if you never set a foot in your garden or turn on the stove, it is a great, inspiring read.â€� -Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, authors of Canal House Cooking “As a second-floor city-dweller with no patch of land to call my own, a glimpse into Nigel Slater’s garden sanctuary makes me ache for a small plot of good dirt, preferably just off a kitchen, to grow some of what I eat. Nigel captures the small moments-the rituals, sights, and smells-that are part of the cycle of growing, cooking, eating, and sharing, culminating in a collection of vibrant, bold yet approachable recipes. A rare treasure.â€� -Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking “A home garden isn’t just the best source of the ultimately fresh. It’s also the place where scent, smell, and touch vie with taste to inspire and shape our culinary imagination. Nigel Slater, a food writer too little known in this country, has a unique ability to convey this magical play of the senses, and what happens when we let it permeate our cooking. The imaginative, often inspired dishes that result are a revelation. Tender deserves pride of place on any vegetable lover’s shelf.â€� -John Thorne, author of Outlaw Cook “Nigel Slater is my kind of cook. His gently passionate garden-to-kitchen approach shows respect for the beauty of simple ingredients. He celebrates the sweetness of a roasted onion, the thrill of a ripe berry, and the real pleasure of a good salad.â€� -David Tanis, author of Heart of the Artichoke, “Not only is Nigel Slater one of the greatest living food writers, he''s also the ultimate urban gardener. His latest book, Tender, just might inspire you to tear up your lawn and get planting.â€� -Bon App tit, August 2011 “A seriously hefty and seriously engaging homage to the garden, from one of Britain’s foremost food authorities.â€� -NYTimes.com, Summer Cookbook Roundup, 6/2/11 “ Tender is pleasing in so many ways. For cooks it''s filled with glorious vegetable-centric recipes, for gardeners it''s an insightful and personal story about just how much a garden can mean, and for those who just enjoy reading about food, well, you''re going to love getting acquainted with Nigel Slater.â€� -Serious Eats, Cook the Book, 5/23/11 “But the crowning glory of "Tender" is Mr. Slater''s own prose, even when treating of something as lowly as the autumnal cabbage-each dark-green leaf of which "somehow seems as if it will fend off our winter ills. Elephant ears of crinkled green, sparkling with dew; black plumes of cavolo nero like feathers on a funeral horse, and the dense, ice crisp flesh of red cabbage. Strong flavors indeed." Strong, yes, but also tenderly enticing, as guests at Mr. Slater''s latest literary feast will discover.â€� -The Wall Street Journal, Bookshelf, 4/23/11 “The best Brit you’ve never heard of. . . . Nigel Slater is who you’d get if you combined Alice Waters with Mark Bittman: a garden-to-table advocate whose goal in life is to make people love fresh produce and cooking because they are – gasp – fabulous and fun and do not have to be fussy in the slightest.â€� -The Christian Science Monitor, 4/19/11 “Engagingly written and showcasing more than 200 full-color photos, this attractive and infinitely useful collection shows how to tastefully incorporate more vegetables into one''s diet while providing an informative primer on gardening.â€� -Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, 3/7/11 “Nigel Slater’s Tender is a rich tale of one man’s passion for cultivating, cooking, and eating from the garden. His sensuous and delicious recipes make us want to run right into the kitchen and start cooking. But even if you never set a foot in your garden or turn on the stove, it is a great, inspiring read.â€� -Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, authors of Canal House Cooking “As a second-floor city-dweller with no patch of land to call my own, a glimpse into Nigel Slater’s garden sanctuary makes me ache for a small plot of good dirt, preferably just off a kitchen, to grow some of what I eat. Nigel captures the small moments-the rituals, sights, and smells-that are part of the cycle of growing, cooking, eating, and sharing, culminating in a collection of vibrant, bold yet approachable recipes. A rare treasure.â€� -Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking “A home garden isn’t just the best source of the ultimately fresh. It’s also the place where scent, smell, and touch vie with taste to inspire and shape our culinary imagination. Nigel Slater, a food writer too little known in this country, has a unique ability to convey this magical play of the senses, and what happens when we let it permeate our cooking. The imaginative, often inspired dishes that result are a revelation. Tender deserves pride of place on any vegetable lover’s shelf.â€� -John Thorne, author of Outlaw Cook “Nigel Slater is my kind of cook. His gently passionate garden-to-kitchen approach shows respect for the beauty of simple ingredients. He celebrates the sweetness of a roasted onion, the thrill of a ripe berry, and the real pleasure of a good salad.â€� -David Tanis, author of Heart of the Artichoke, "A seriously hefty and seriously engaging homage to the garden, from one of Britain's foremost food authorities."  -NYTimes.com, Summer Cookbook Roundup, 6/2/11 " Tender is pleasing in so many ways. For cooks it's filled with glorious vegetable-centric recipes, for gardeners it's an insightful and personal story about just how much a garden can mean, and for those who just enjoy reading about food, well, you're going to love getting acquainted with Nigel Slater." -Serious Eats, Cook the Book, 5/23/11 "But the crowning glory of "Tender" is Mr. Slater's own prose, even when treating of something as lowly as the autumnal cabbage-each dark-green leaf of which "somehow seems as if it will fend off our winter ills. Elephant ears of crinkled green, sparkling with dew; black plumes of cavolo nero like feathers on a funeral horse, and the dense, ice crisp flesh of red cabbage. Strong flavors indeed." Strong, yes, but also tenderly enticing, as guests at Mr. Slater's latest literary feast will discover." -The Wall Street Journal, Bookshelf, 4/23/11 "The best Brit you've never heard of. . . . Nigel Slater is who you'd get if you combined Alice Waters with Mark Bittman: a garden-to-table advocate whose goal in life is to make people love fresh produce and cooking because they are gasp fabulous and fun and do not have to be fussy in the slightest. -The Christian Science Monitor, 4/19/11 "Engagingly written and showcasing more than 200 full-color photos, this attractive and infinitely useful collection shows how to tastefully incorporate more vegetables into one's diet while providing an informative primer on gardening."   -Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, 3/7/11 "Nigel Slater's Tender is a rich tale of one man's passion for cultivating, cooking, and eating from the garden. His sensuous and delicious recipes make us want to run right into the kitchen and start cooking. But even if you never set a foot in your garden or turn on the stove, it is a great, inspiring read." -Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton, authors of Canal House Cooking   "As a second-floor city-dweller with no patch of land to call my own, a glimpse into Nigel Slater's garden sanctuary makes me ache for a small plot of good dirt, preferably just off a kitchen, to grow some of what I eat. Nigel captures the small moments-the rituals, sights, and smells-that are part of the cycle of growing, cooking, eating, and sharing, culminating in a collection of vibrant, bold yet approachable recipes. A rare treasure." -Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Cooking   "A home garden isn't just the best source of the ultimately fresh. It's also the place where scent, smell, and touch vie with taste to inspire and shape our culinary imagination. Nigel Slater, a food writer too little known in this country, has a unique ability to convey this magical play of the senses, and what happens when we let it permeate our cooking. The imaginative, often inspired dishes that result are a revelation. Tender deserves pride of place on any vegetable lover's shelf." -John Thorne, author of Outlaw Cook   "Nigel Slater is my kind of cook. His gently passionate garden-to-kitchen approach shows respect for the beauty of simple ingredients. He celebrates the sweetness of a roasted onion, the thrill of a ripe berry, and the real pleasure of a good salad." -David Tanis, author of Heart of the Artichoke
Dewey Decimal
641.6/5
Table Of Content
Introducion Asparagus Beets Broccoli and the sprouting greens Brussels sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Celery root Chard The Chinese greens Eggplants Fava beans Jerusalem artichokes Kale and cavolo nero Leeks Onions Parsnips Peas Peppers Pole beans Potatoes Pumpkin and other winter squashes Rutabaga Salad leaves Spinach Tomatoes Turnips Zucchini and other summer squashes A few other good things Index
Synopsis
IACP CULINARY CLASSICS AWARD WINNER * A comprehensive, deeply personal, and visually stunning guide to growing and cooking vegetables from Britain's foremost food writer, with more than 400 recipes and extensive gardening notes. In the tradition of Roast Chicken and Other Stories comes Tender , a passionate guide to savoring the best the garden has to offer. An instant classic when it was first published in the UK, Tender is a cookbook, a primer on produce, and above all, a beloved author's homage to his favorite vegetables. Slater's inspired and inspiring writing makes this a book to sit with and savor as much as one to prop open in the kitchen. The chapters explore 29 vegetables and offer enticing, comforting recipes such as Potato Cakes with Chard and Taleggio, a Tart of asparagus and Tarragon, and Grilled Lamb with Eggplant and Za'atar. With wit, enthusiasm, and a charming lack of pretension, Slater champions vegetables--through hands-on nurturing in the garden and straightforward preparations in the kitchen--with this truly essential book for every kitchen library., IACP CULINARY CLASSICS AWARD WINNER - A comprehensive, deeply personal, and visually stunning guide to growing and cooking vegetables from Britain's foremost food writer, with more than 400 recipes and extensive gardening notes. In the tradition of Roast Chicken and Other Stories comes Tender , a passionate guide to savoring the best the garden has to offer. An instant classic when it was first published in the UK, Tender is a cookbook, a primer on produce, and above all, a beloved author's homage to his favorite vegetables. Slater's inspired and inspiring writing makes this a book to sit with and savor as much as one to prop open in the kitchen. The chapters explore 29 vegetables and offer enticing, comforting recipes such as Potato Cakes with Chard and Taleggio, a Tart of asparagus and Tarragon, and Grilled Lamb with Eggplant and Za'atar. With wit, enthusiasm, and a charming lack of pretension, Slater champions vegetables--through hands-on nurturing in the garden and straightforward preparations in the kitchen--with this truly essential book for every kitchen library., A comprehensive, deeply personal, and visually stunning guide to growing and cooking vegetables from Britain's foremost food writer, with more than 400 recipes and extensive gardening notes. In the tradition of Roast Chicken and Other Stories comes Tender , a passionate guide to savoring the best the garden has to offer. An instant classic when it was first published in the UK, Tender is a cookbook, a primer on produce, and above all, a beloved author's homage to his favorite vegetables. Slater's inspired and inspiring writing makes this a book to sit with and savor as much as one to prop open in the kitchen. The chapters explore 29 vegetables and offer enticing, comforting recipes such as Potato Cakes with Chard and Taleggio, a Tart of asparagus and Tarragon, and Grilled Lamb with Eggplant and Za'atar. With wit, enthusiasm, and a charming lack of pretension, Slater champions vegetables--through hands-on nurturing in the garden and straightforward preparations in the kitchen--with this truly essential book for every kitchen library.
LC Classification Number
TX801.S596 2011

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    This is a beautiful book about gardening, vegetables, creativity and cooking. The author has a poetic way of describing vegetables and how to prepare them in many different ways. There is a lot of practical gardening information interwoven throughout the book and wonderful illustrations. It is well worth the money spent and a treasure of information.

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    I love the description of the vegetables, the photographs and the recipes. I originally borrowed this book from the library, but halfway into it I knew I had to own it.

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    Smart, clever, healthy and simple recipes to make great tasting vegetable dishes

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