Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower: How to Cook with Vegetables and Other Plants
Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower: How to Cook with Vegetables and Other Plants book cover

Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower: How to Cook with Vegetables and Other Plants

Hardcover – March 9, 2021

Price
$19.93
Format
Hardcover
Pages
320
Publisher
Quadrille Publishing
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1787134331
Dimensions
7.38 x 1.38 x 10.88 inches
Weight
2.93 pounds

Description

Review “Leaf through a few pages of this stunning new book and you’ll have at least a dozen recipes flagged, dishes you feel you must make... His writing verges on the poetic.” - Kathy Gust, NP About the Author Gill Meller is a chef, food writer, food stylist and cookery teacher. Gill has been part of the River Cottage team for over 15 years, working closely with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. He regularly writes for The Guardian and The Observer and has a monthly recipe column in Delicious magazine. Gill has written several award winning and critically acclaimed cookbooks, his latest, Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower – How to Cook with Vegetables and Other Plants (Quadrille Publishing) is available [email protected]

Features & Highlights

  • Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower is a cookbook about plants – it's about making the most of the land's bounty in your everyday cooking.Making small changes to the way we cook and eat can both lessen the impact we have on the environment and dramatically improve our health and wellbeing: good for us and for future generations to come. Making plants and vegetables the focus of your meals can improve your cooking exponentially – they provide a feast of flavors, colors and textures.Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower is a true celebration of seasonal vegetables and fruit, packed with simple and surprisingly quick vegetarian recipes. With roots, we think of the crunch of carrots, celeriac, beetroot. From springtime stems like our beloved asparagus and rhubarb, through leaves of every hue (kale, radicchio, chard), when the blossoms become the fruits of autumn – apples, pears, plums – the food year is marked by growth, ripening and harvest.With 120 original recipes, every dish captured by acclaimed photographer Andrew Montgomery, and Gill's ideas for using the very best fresh ingredients, Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower is a thoughtful, inspiring collection of recipes that you'll want to come back to again and again.

Customer Reviews

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A love letter to vegetables

Root Stem Leaf Flower reads like a love letter to vegetables. It is so beautiful written I had to read passages out loud to my family. Now I’m going to dive head first into the potato leek and blue cheese pie.
This is a must buy !!
5 people found this helpful
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Great resource for unique vegetables and combinations

This is a fantastic book which approaches vegetables in a very different way. Some of the vegetables are cooked in a different way, some vegetables are ones that you might not of heard from before, and the combinations are very unique. I haven’t tried any of them as yet but I am ready to go. It is also a visually stunning book.
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Great book, English ingredients

I enjoyed reading this book, but there are many ingredients used that aren’t easily available in the US, so I won’t likely use many recipes.
2 people found this helpful
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Not for the near-sighted crowd

This cookbook looks beautiful - I heard about it on NPR and then from a friend. When I ordered and then received my copy, I found that the ingredient list to the left of the instructions on each page are in such a small and pale font that I realized I would struggle with using it in the kitchen, where I am frequently looking back at the recipe. I'm not a fan of cookbooks on the Kindle, so I am returning this cookbook. I really wish that the publisher had considered the needs of all of their potential readers/users - not just for this cookbook but for any that they publish.
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delicious and creative seasonal plant based cooking

Got the cookbook last week. Started with the Mushroom, Potato and Barley Cobbler. It was fantastic! The kind of comfort food-vegetarian fare you can cook for an omnivore and they wouldn't miss the meat. Already bought the ingredients for a few more of the Fall/Winter recipes. Uses mostly ingredients I have at home, but differently, and brings in a few veggies that I rarely use. I can already tell a few of the recipes will become new staples in my home!
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Not very practical

Most of the recipes have hard to find or obscure ingredients.
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Exceptional

Every recipe I've made so far is exceptionally delicious. Found all ingredients already in my kitchen and directions are easy to follow.
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Best cookbook ever

I love the recipes. The book gives you seasonal options. Great pics.
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Beautiful photography and simple recipes

This is my favorite cooking book. The photography is simply beautiful and the recipes are simple and made with natural and in season ingredients.
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Creative and Delicious

Love the simplicity, flavor combinations, and approach of all the recipes.

Leeks in olive oil with orzo, lemon, rosemary, and parsley was so fresh, light, and delicious!

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