num_pages: 656
description: From the award-winning champion of conscious eating and author of the bestselling Food Matters comes The Food Matters Cookbook offering the most comprehensive and straightforward ideas yet for cooking easy delicious foods that are as good for you as they are for the planet. The Food Matters Cookbook is the essential encyclopedia and guidebook to responsible eating with more than 500 recipes that capture Bittmans typically relaxed approach to everything in the kitchen. There is no finger-wagging here just a no-nonsense and highly flexible case for eating more plants while cutting back on animal products processed food and of course junk. But for Bittman flipping the ratio of your diet to something more virtuous and better for your body doesnt involve avoiding any foodsindeed there is no sacrifice here. Since his own health prompted him to change his diet Bittman has perfected cooking tasty creative and forward-thinking dishes based on vegetables fruits and whole grains. Meat and other animal products are often includedbut no longer as the centerpiece. In fact the majority of these recipes include fish poultry meat eggs or dairy using them for their flavor texture and satisfying nature without depending on them for bulk. Roasted Pork Shoulder with Potatoes Apples and Onions and Linguine with Cherry Tomatoes and Clams are perfect examples. Many sound downright decadent: Pasta with Asparagus Bacon and Egg; Stuffed Pizza with Broccoli White Beans and Sausage; or Roasted Butternut Chowder with Apples and Bacon for example.There are vegetarian recipes too and they have flair without being complicatedrecipes like Beet Tartare Lentil Caviar with All the Trimmings Radish-Walnut Tea Sandwiches and Succotash Salad. Bittman is a firm believer in snacking but in the right way. Instead of packaged cookies or greasy chips Bittman suggests Seasoned Popcorn with Grated Parmesan or Fruit and Cereal Bites. Nor does he skimp on desserts; rather he focuses on fruit good-quality chocolate nuts and whole-grain flours using minimal amounts of eggs butter and other fats. That allows for a whole chapter devoted to sweets including Chocolate Chunk Oatmeal Cookies Apricot Polenta Cake Brownie Cake and Coconut Tart with Chocolate Smear.True to the fuss-free style that has made him famous Bittman offers plenty of variations and substitutions that let you take advantage of foods that are in seasonor those that just happen to be in the fridge. A quick-but-complete rundown on ingredients tells you how to find sustainable and flavorful meat and shop for dairy products grains and vegetables without wasting money on fancy organic labels. He indicates which recipes you can make ahead those that are sure to become pantry staples and which ones can be put together in a flash. And because Bittman is always comprehensive he makes sure to include the building-block recipes for the basics of home cooking: from fast stocks roasted garlic pizza dough and granola to pots of cooked rice and beans and whole-grain quick breads.With a tone that is easygoing and non-doctrinaire Bittman demonstrates the satisfaction and pleasure in mindful eating. The result is not just better health for you but for the world we all share.
language: English
title: The Food Matters Cookbook: 500 Revolutionary Recipes for Better Living
publisher: Simon & Schuster