num_pages: 432
description: From the author of more than 10 cookbooks comes this comprehensive guide and collection of recipes using root vegetables. Discover the fascinating history and lore of 29 major roots their nutritional content how to buy and store them and much more from the familiar (beets carrots potatoes) to the unfamiliar (jicama salsify malanga) to the practically unheard of (cassava galangal crosnes). The best part? More than 225 recipessalads soups side dishes main courses drinks and dessertsthat bring out the earthy goodness of each and every one of these intriguing vegetables. From Andean tubers and burdock to yams and yuca this essential culinary encyclopedia lets dedicated home cooks achieve a new level of taste and sophistication in their everyday cooking.
language: English
title: Roots: The Definitive Compendium with more than 225 Recipes
publisher: Chronicle Books