Eating Local The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers

by Table, Sur La; Fletcher, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780740791444
• ISBN10: 0740791443
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

In the visually stunning yet practical cookbook Eating Local, author Janet Fletcher and the kitchen experts at Sur La Table not only show you how to use more fresh ingredients in your everyday cooking, they also bring you closer to the family farms where the ingredients are grown and to the idealistic people who grow them.With 150 recipes featuring a wide range of fresh ingredients, Eating Local also highlights 10 community supported agriculture projects around the country. These progressive farms provide inspiration for all who want to cook more wholesome meals using ingredients from their own foodshed.

Author Biography

Sur La Table Since 1972, chefs and home cooks with a love for fine cooking have flocked to this culinary mecca. With a successful direct mail catalog, e-commerce site, culinary class program, and more than seventy-five stores nationwide, Sur La Table continues to share its passion for exploring the traditions of the world with people who love to cook and entertain.

Through its presentation of Eating Local, Sur La Table hopes readers will have a deeper understanding and commitment to local food systems. Sur La Table supports the locavore movement and hopes that the recipes and farmer profiles in this book will be an inspiration to experience the benefits of eating and cooking with food from local farmers.
Janet Fletcher Author, journalist, and cook Janet Fletcher trained at the Culinary Institute of America and at the celebrated Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. Her writing for the San Francisco Chronicle has received three James Beard Awards. She has written for many of the nation's premier food and wine publications and is the author or coauthor of more than twenty cookbooks. A certified master gardener who maintains a large garden of perennials and edibles, Janet lives in Napa Valley with her winemaker husband.