- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Running Press (3 April 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0762431830
- ISBN-13: 978-0762431830
- Product Dimensions: 25.5 x 29 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,281,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Lovely and practical: That's the rare standard met in Jeanne Kelley's "Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes: Recipes From a Modern Kitchen Garden." The dishes pictured do look good enough to eat. Stare hard enough at the Fig and Blue Cheese Crostini for Two Seasons, and you appreciate the smart thinking of an appetizer that can work with whichever type of that fruit is available. A side dish of Brussels Sprouts With Marjoram and Pine Nuts, containing shallots and a little cream, shows a depth of creativity. And Blood Orange Granita With Vanilla Ice Cream -- which can also be made with Valencia oranges -- couldn't be simpler or more stunning."--""Washington Post," "February 27, 2008
"Kelley (offers advice) on raising backyard hens and cultivating green garlic. Apartment dwellers with no prospect of planting pole beans and suburbanites whose tidy plots aren't zoned for livestock will feel at a disadvantage reading these books. Even so, many of the recipes are worthwhile and most can
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This visually stunning guide to the kitchen garden presents a modern version of field-to-table cooking. This beautiful book celebrates the simplicity of organic and home-grown food, with over 150 recipes that bring out the best in every ingredient. The recipes are straightforward, but there is no compromising on taste, and old favourites are skilfully enhanced and updated with new internationally influenced flavours. There are strategies for weeknight cooking and special occasions, and a useful planner for entertaining."Blue Eggs and Yellow Tomatoes" also features a beginner's guide to growing your own produce - including discussion on small container and community gardens, raising and keeping chickens, composting and growing your own exotic ingredients.
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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Not really from a kitchen garden....
16 July 2009
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've had this cookbook for a while, and it is a lovely one. The pictures are beautiful, the recipes are varied and sound delicious, and the few that I've made have turned out well. As a cookbook, it's great.
BUT, it's not really about "Recipes from a Modern Kitchen Garden" as the subtitle suggests. This is the first year I've had a kitchen garden myself and have been looking through my cookbooks with an eye for using what is growing like crazy in my garden - greens, summer squash, turnips, broccoli, potatoes, carrots, beets, beans, tomatoes, corn, you know, the usual stuff. I thought this would be a great resource for recipes, but looking at it again, from the perspective of finding recipes that would help me use my bounty, and it's a flop. The book is heavily meat-centric with lots of recipes for seafood, beef and pork (I don't grow any of those in my garden). The dessert section is luscious, but with a focus on chocolate chip cookies, chocolate layer cake, hazelnut coffee cake, and the like, it sure doesn't help use the strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries that my garden is producing. There are some lovely side vegetable dishes (roasted carrots and fennel caught my eye), but many of the salad recipes are based on beans or grains with herbs and cheese and nuts - more things that don't grow in my garden.
So, while I can recommend the book and I agree that it's both coffee-table and kitchen-counter worthy, it isn't as advertised. Don't expect lots of suggestions for using things from your own Modern Kitchen Garden.
BUT, it's not really about "Recipes from a Modern Kitchen Garden" as the subtitle suggests. This is the first year I've had a kitchen garden myself and have been looking through my cookbooks with an eye for using what is growing like crazy in my garden - greens, summer squash, turnips, broccoli, potatoes, carrots, beets, beans, tomatoes, corn, you know, the usual stuff. I thought this would be a great resource for recipes, but looking at it again, from the perspective of finding recipes that would help me use my bounty, and it's a flop. The book is heavily meat-centric with lots of recipes for seafood, beef and pork (I don't grow any of those in my garden). The dessert section is luscious, but with a focus on chocolate chip cookies, chocolate layer cake, hazelnut coffee cake, and the like, it sure doesn't help use the strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries that my garden is producing. There are some lovely side vegetable dishes (roasted carrots and fennel caught my eye), but many of the salad recipes are based on beans or grains with herbs and cheese and nuts - more things that don't grow in my garden.
So, while I can recommend the book and I agree that it's both coffee-table and kitchen-counter worthy, it isn't as advertised. Don't expect lots of suggestions for using things from your own Modern Kitchen Garden.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Delicous, sophisticated, easy international food
1 Jun 2008
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just purchased this book and I'm in love......it is a beautiful book with emphasis on simplicty, flavor, and sophisication. I love the idea of home grown foods....the full-page photography and artistic text are fabulous...we just made the chocolate chip cookies and it was fabulously delicious. I have collected many chocolate chip cookie recipes and this is the best one....although I must confess that I used good bittersweet chopped chocolate instead of the milk chocolate chips. Another great aspect of this book is that it utilizes exotic flavors and incorporates world cuisines, such as Cuban, Morocco, Greece, Middle Eastern, Mexican...the results are delicious, elegant, and contemporary. For any serious cook, this is a treasure.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
This is a fabulous cookbook!
25 April 2008
Format:Hardcover
I love this book! The unique recipes are easy to follow and feature bright, fresh, delicious flavors. The simple kitchen garden guide gives great advice on growing your own ingredients. I collect cookbooks and this is definitely my new favorite!
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