The Victory Garden Fish and Vegetable Cookbook - Hardcover

Marian Morash

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679423621 ISBN 13: 9780679423621

Publisher: Knopf, 1993

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Morash here builds on the strong success of her previous Victory Garden Cookbook to take a refreshing approach to fish and vegetables, both separately and together, in a cornucopia of recipes featured on her crowd-pleasing PBS-TV Victory Garden program. She demonstrates how and when to pair up fish and greens with one another--which flavors will bring out the best in others, as in the case of a grilled whole bass with fennel--and also explains what techniques will serve cooks well in their efforts to make these matches work out. The recipes are clear and accessible, healthful and broad in their collective scope, from those that are unabashedly New England-bred (Morash was once a chef on Nantucket, and is still a Massachusetts resident) to others cooked with an Italian accent (various risottos, and scallops soffritto, among others). Relatively few cookbooks have come along to suggest this natural alliance between foods of the sea and stuff of the ground; it makes sense, and it also makes the mouth water. Author tour.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The featured chef on the PBS television Victory Garden series presents a second cookbook springing from the popular show. Morash is an enthusiastic instructor who highlights the very agreeable relationship between fish and vegetables. Conveying knowledgeable advice on cooking methods, Morash often allows for alternative choices in case an ingredient is unavailable or another is preferred. Boxed inserts on fish acquaint readers with many different varieties and offer basic information on how to select, store, and prepare. From lobster stew to squid salad with arugula to coriander-crusted mahimahi with drunken vegetables and bananas, many delectable recipes are found in this delightful book. Alice Joyce

Morash, author of the enduringly popular The Victory Garden Cookbook ( LJ 9/15/82), has also been the chef of a Nantucket restaurant that specialized in fish dishes. In her new collection, she offers 450 recipes featuring seasonal produce and fish and shellfish, reflecting both the greater diversity of vegetables now available in the marketplace and the increasing emphasis on fish in our diets. Many dishes use local New England seafood (lots of bluefish and lobster), but Morash lists suitable alternatives for each. She also includes lengthy boxes on buying, storing, and preparing all types of fish and shellfish, similar to those on vegetables in her first book. Filled with useful information and unusual recipes, this is highly recommended.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679423621
• ISBN 13: 9780679423621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 383