How to Cook Garden Vegetables
by Cook's Illustrated Magazine, Jack Bishop, Editors of Cook's Illustrated Magazine

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Summary of How to Cook Garden Vegetables

Asserting that each vegetable has its own best-followed cooking methods--boiling or steaming for asparagus, for example--the book then presents vegetable prep basics and master recipes with interesting variations. Want to fix cauliflower? A typically succinct chapter offers a basic formula for steaming the vegetable and then includes accompanying recipes using curry-basil vinaigrette and bread crumbs, capers, and chopped egg, and suggestions for browning and braising techniques using Asian or Indian flavors. Underlying techniques are explored and illustrated throughout (cutting and otherwise preparing greens is one) and sensible tips abound (for example, to avoid burning, add aromatics to the pan after you've begun to stir-fry the vegetables).

A true primer, the book is part of the Cook's Illustrated Library, a modest yet consistently authoritative series from the editors of Cook's Illustrated magazine. Like the magazine, the books are dedicated to presenting tried-and-perfected recipes and cooking techniques in a concise, approachable way. --Arthur Boehm

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