North Bay farmers and ranchers share their favorite recipes: Russ Sartori--Sartori Strawberries; Kenny Ausubel & Nina Simons--Bioneers; Dennis & Sandy Dierks--Paradise Valley Produce; Kevin Lunny--Drakes Bay Family Farms; David Little--Little Organic Farm; Ed Pearson--Woodside Farms; Anna & Andrew Brait--Fully Belly Farm; Jim Eldon--Fiddler's Green Farm; Patty Karlin--Bodega Goat Ranch; Mike & Sally Gale--Chileno Valley Ranch; Bob & Dean Giacomini--Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Compan; Albert Straus--Straus Family Creamery; David Evans--Marin Sun Farms; Larry Tristano--Triple-T Farms; Sunny & Sam Shin--Solano Mushrooms; Shelley Arrowsmith--Arrowsmith Farms; Sue Conley & Peggy Smith--Cow Girl Creamery. Brigitte Moran is director of the Marin Farmers' Market Association and director of the Marin Agricultural Institute. She lives in San Rafael, California. Fresh recipes and stories from Marin County's farmers and ranchers

Learn how to shop better at local farmers markets and how to transform what you buy into a tasty, refreshing, and healthy meal. The time to eat healthy and buy locally has arrived. Buying at farmers markets means getting better, fresh-picked produce that leads to amazing home-cooked meals. Southern Farmers Market Cookbook teaches how to enjoy shopping at local markets and gives instruction on what to look for and what’s to be expected to make the experience more fulfilling and fun. More than 75 seasonal recipes show how to take these delicious fresh foods from market to table in mouthwatering ways. Try the crisp Butter Bean and Grape Tomato Bruschetta, the sweet Wild Honey-Glazed Carrots with Mint and Green Onions, the savory Wine-Poached Salmon with Cucumber Crudité Sauce, and the luscious Warm Wild Cherry Carolina Gold Rice Pudding. While Southern Farmers Market Cookbook features produce grown in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee, many of the same foods can be purchased locally in most areas of the country. This book also includes state-by-state seasonal produce charts and state-by-state farmers market listings.

Offers advice on shopping or selling at a farmers market and recipes for seasonal vegetable and meat dishes, and desserts.

From favas to fonio, take a deep dive into the vast world of beans and grains, with hundreds of exceptional, foolproof recipes Whether you're just opening a can of black beans, taking the time to brine scarlet runners, or cooking teff, the world of beans and grains is both approachable and delicious. Discover tantalizing recipes that use them in everything from sandwiches and handpies to tacos and pizza, salads and simmered soups to cultural mainstays from around the world like adasi, spatzle, hummus, and gyros. These dishes will delight omnivores, vegetarians, and vegans alike. ATK test cooks have worked through mountains of beans —sprouting, baking, pressure-cooking, and pureeing—to present you with expert cooking instructions and make-ahead know how: From how to make beans tender while keeping their shape to preventing cooked grains from clumping up. In this comprehensive collection, find everything from weeknight recipes to special occasion meals, helpful charts, fast and vegan tags, and much more: Beanified recipes: Classics reimagined to let beans deliciously take over. Think Beans Puttanesca and Chickpea Bouillabaisse Grainy innovations: Unique dishes such as Savory Oatmeal and Teff-Stuffed Squash with Lime Crema and Roasted Pepitas Classic comfort: The best versions of favorites like Texas Chili, Black Bean Burgers, and Creamy White Bean Soup Heirloom beans and ancient grains: Test cooks developed recipes to match to the right bean or grain. Learn how best to purchase, prep, and cook these beans and grains for optimum flavor. Useful substitutions: Recipes include a substitution line offering convenient bean and grain options

This information-packed book offers up sound nutrition advice on why eating delicious fresh fruits and vegetables will help you live longer, feel better and keep the weight off. EatingWell’s Test Kitchen delivers more than 100 new recipes that star fresh produce, such as Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower, Pork Roast with Walnut-Pomegranate Filling and Caramelized Pear Bread Pudding (for a sample of fall recipes). Divided up by season, the recipes celebrate the freshest ingredients. The book also includes tips on how to freeze and preserve bumper crops; techniques for roasting peppers, peeling mangoes, and other ways to preserve your farm finds; profiles of local farmers; tips on planting your own kitchen garden, and more.

Here are the best local foods, local restaurants, local chefs, and local recipes from the San Francisco Bay Area. This cookbook features 30 chefs’ favorites that you can cook at home from chefs including Rick DeBeaord of Café Rouge, Jennifer Millar of Sweet Adeline Bake Shop, Craig Stoll of Delfina, Paul Canales of Olivetto, Thom Fox of ACME Chophouse, John Thiel of Pappo, and more.

“It amazes me that so little has been written about the two foods we eat most often. Here is a book that tells us about these two ingredients—one essential to life, the other the flavor of almost everything we eat. . . . A book like Ms. Jordan’s is long overdue.” —James Peterson Salt is indispensable. Pepper is superfluous. Michelle Anna Jordan guides you through this cookbook where “saltandpepper” is a one-word dictionary term in her kitchen vocabulary. You’ll learn all there is to know about salt and pepper, even so far as to where and how they grow. This exquisite cookbook will go over the necessities of salt, and the luxury of pepper via 135 seasoned recipes. Serve your friends, family, and party guests with delicious recipes and first-hand facts behind the science of one of the culinary world’s dynamic duos. The Good Cook’s Book of Salt and Pepper separates itself from other competitors by offering scientific facts, a healthier exposure to salt and pepper, and some interesting worldwide trivia. Did you know that India produces the leading amount of pepper and that the United States is its largest consumer? Did you know that shrimp and small crustaceans cooked with spices are common throughout Asia and South America? And that salt is an essential ingredient in coaxing out the flavor of nearly all grains? Recipes in this book include: Au poivre rouge steak Three-peppercorn bread Roast pork with black pepper Seafood roated with rock salt Pepper-crusted pizza with porcini, fontina, and sage Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.