This informative and easy-to-use cookbook celebrates sustainable farming with a wide array of scrumptious recipes for seasonal, farm-fresh produce. From peas, peppers and potatoes to basil, bok choy, and burdock root, From Asparagus to Zucchini highlights the best of seasonal cuisine from around the country.

Revised and updated third edition features:

-- 420 recipes, 80% new, 100% are original

-- Recipes and information for more than 50 vegetables and herbs

-- Dishes from growers, farm members, and home cooks who love vegetables

-- Special sections on community supported agriculture, the benefits of eating locally, seasonal cooking, recipes for kids, and much, much more!

We had been receiving recipes from this book all summer. Great buy, booked looked like new. Wonderful

I am quite pleased with this cookbook. We are members of a local CSA and also have a small garden of our own. This book is very helpful with preparation and storage tips and telling which parts of a vegetable can be used. I would recommend it to everyone, from the novice cook to the "well-seasoned".

This is a great cookbook and basic gardening book. We spotted the original version of the cookbook and then started ordering for our meditation group. Everyone who has seen the cook book loves it. There are great recipes. Little fuss or hard to find ingredients are present in the recipes. This is easy and fun cooking from the garden!
Waseca, MN

For those who were expecting a glossy book with lots of pictures, this isn't it. Indeed this version did come out of a prior 1996 self-published version (which has some good and different recipes if you can find it, but is even more rustic in terms of appearance). We love both our old one which we received when we joined a Madison Area CSA and this new one.

Because it's arranged alphabetically by vegetable, rather than by style of dish (soup, entree, etc) it's incredibly useful for going to when you have a veggie but aren't sure how you want to use it. For instance, not sure what to do with all the summer squash you're getting from your CSA, your garden, or your neighbor? Find a range of recipes from soups, salad, to entree.

It's helped us numerous times when we've been so tired of a veggie that we're ready to compost it. We find something new to try and it saves the veggies from going to waste.

Lots of stuff for vegetarians or people trying to find interesting non-meat recipes to add to their diet.

Lastly, if you're interested in some local recipes from the Madison, Wisconsin area you can find some in the book!

Generally a handy cookbook to have available, especially for new CSA members or people looking to branch out to some locally grown produce. It's best used in the "I have this vegetable and have to make something out of it" way. Some recipes are unusual (this can be both good and bad)and I would estimate about 85% of the recipes are vegetarian. I'm glad I bought it, and it usually gets my first look, but I do go sometimes go elsewhere for recipes.