The Troll Cookbook: A Taste of Something Different: Simple Foods Any Troll Can Make - Hardcover

Karima Cammell; Clint Marsh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 097889667X ISBN 13: 9780978896676

Publisher: Dromedary Press, 2016

Synopsis

Don't Feed the Trolls--Let the Trolls Feed You!

Trolls are folkloric creatures found in many lands, and in these pages theyoffer us enchanting and personal ways to savor good food every day. Farfrom mere fantasy, the world of the trolls is really just a few steps from ourown. It's a place where ancient nourishing practices live on, and wheretime-honored simplicity makes cooking understandable, delicious, and fun.

Created by the imaginative, award-winning duo of Karima Cammell and ClintMarsh, The Troll Cookbook sets you on the cyclical path of the culinary year.You'll learn creative ways to prepare and share meals using simple, seasonalfoods and classic techniques. Food lore breaks down basic ingredients such asgrains, beans, root vegetables, and eggs, and shows how to turn them intomouthwatering meals using more than 180 rapturous recipes and techniques.Whimsical paintings pepper the pages, showing trolls delighting in the foodthey've made.

Stirring together hearty helpings of myth with hands-on methods you can try ina bare-bones kitchen, The Troll Cookbook is here to put the heart and soul backinto cooking. Following troll cooking traditions you'll learn how to:

- start making your own yogurt
- capture airborne yeast to create sourdough bread
- make mock capers from nasturtium flowers
- throw a stone-soup party and turn "nothing" into something delicious
- preserve seasonal foods for enjoying later
- and much, much more. 

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Trolls are folkloric creatures found in many lands, and in the pages of this enchanting new book, they show us how to savor good food every day. Far from mere fantasy, the world of trolls is just a few steps from your own. It's a place where ancient nourishing practices live on and where time-honored simplicity makes cooking understandable, delicious and fun. The Troll Cookbook includes: The history of relations between tolls and humankind The lore of basic ingredients including grains, beans, root vegetables and egg A survey of sustainable food practices throughout the four seasons of the year 180 recipes using simple kitchen tools, techniques and ingredients Whimsical ingredients by Karima Cammell showing trolls delighting in the food they made!

From the Back Cover

It's time for a taste of something different...

Edition details

• Publisher: Dromedary Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 097889667X
• ISBN 13: 9780978896676
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304
• Illustrator: Karima Cammell