Beans

by Green, Aliza

• ISBN13: 9780762419319
• ISBN10: 0762419318
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780762406890
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-12
• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub
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Summary

Earthy, elegant, affordable, and nourishing, the healthful legume gets star billing in this comprehensive bean cookbook. More than 200 delectable recipesgathered from Aliza Green's travels throughout the world as well as from famous chefs and restaurantsare accompanied by essential information on bean varieties and cooking methods. Two-color illustrations and charts accompany an international array of recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, sauces, snacks, and desserts.

Author Biography

Aliza Green is the author of five successful cookbooks, beginning with her authorial partnership with French chef Georges Perrier on Le Bec-Fin Recipes. She also co-authored ¡Ceviche!: Seafood, Salads, and Cocktails with a Latino Twist with chef Guillermo Piernot, which won a James Beard Award for “Best Single Subject Cookbook.” Beans: More than 200 Delicious, Wholesome Recipes from Around the World, appeared as one of The New York Times’ top cookbooks of the year. She has also authored Field Guide to Meat and Field Guide to Produce. Green’s food columns and articles appear in a variety of local and national newspapers and magazines, including in Fine Cooking, Prevention, Philadelphia Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and The National Culinary Review. She has conducted numerous cooking classes, had many television appearances, including NBC’s Today Show, and radio interviews, and is a highly reputed television and print food stylist.

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(1)
Preface	12	(3)
Chapter One: The History, Gastronomy, and Nutritional Importance of Legumes	15	(6)
Chapter Two: A Legume Primer	21	(28)
Chapter Three: Legume Cooking Basics	49	(10)
Chapter Four: Snacks and Dips	59	(20)
Chapter Five: Salads, Hearty and Light	79	(30)
Chapter Six: Soups	109	(48)
Chapter Seven: Appetizers and Light Meals	157	(30)
Chapter Eight: Main Dishes	187	(34)
Chapter Nine: One-Pot Meals	221	(24)
Chapter Ten: Side Dishes and Relishes	245	(30)
Chapter Eleven: Desserts and Sweet Treats	275	(18)
Chapter Twelve: Basic Bean Cookery	293	(10)
Chapter Thirteen: Pantry Recipes: Salad Dressings, Sauces, Stocks, and More	303	(28)
Notes on Ingredients	331	(4)
Glossary	335	(6)
Sources	341	(4)
Selected Bibliography	345	(4)
For Our International Audience	349	(2)
Index	351