Fine Cooking Annual, Volume 2: A Year of Great Recipes, Tips & Techniques

Today’s home cooks want to embrace the bounty of every season and cook with unusual ingredients — or use their tried-and-true options in creative ways. Featuring 100 ingredients and 300 recipes arranged by season, Cooking in Season, readers will enjoy both the thrill of discovering new flavors as well as learning different methods of preparing common fresh produce. Each ingredient is accompanied by a beautiful photograph and in-depth details on how to choose it at its peak and keep it fresh, as well as preserving ideas and surprisingly delicious pairings. Plus, each ingredient features multiple recipes from the editors and contributors of Fine Cooking and tested by the Fine Cooking test kitchen staff so home cooks will get sure-to-work, delicious results from their fresh bounty, whether grown at home or purchased at the farmer’s market or grocery.

“Fine Cooking in Season is like having an expert and friend guide you from the farmer’s market to your kitchen, helping you make the most of the delicious bounty available throughout the year. Focusing on produce at its peak is not only flavorful and inspiring, but also a natural way to get a variety of healthy food into your life.”--Ellie Krieger, host of Healthy Appetite on the Food Network and author of The Food You Crave

Spring

Artichokes, Asparagus, Cherries, Cucumbers, Fava beans, Fiddleheads, Greens (salad), Nettles, Peas (pod), Radish, Ramps, Rhubarb, Sorrel, Spinach, Strawberries

Early Summer

Apricots, Beans (string), Broccoli, Cauliflower, Edamame, Fennel,  Leeks, Nopales, Okra, Onion, Scallions, Shallots, Zucchini and summer squashes

Late Summer

Beans (shelling), Blueberries and Huckleberries, Caneberries, Chiles, Corn, Eggplant, Figs, Garlic and garlic scapes, Grapes, Greens, Asian, Melons, Nectarines, Olives, Peaches, Plums and pluots, Raspberries, Sweet peppers, Tomatoes, Tomatillos

Fall

Apples, Beets, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Celeriac, Chard, Chicories, Collards, Cranberrries, Endive, Jicama, Kale, Kohlrabi, Mushrooms, Nuts, Parsnips, Pears, Persimmons, Potatoes, Pumpkins, Quince, Rutabaga, Sweet potatoes and yams, Turnips, Winter squashes

Winter

Avocados, Bananas, Bean sprouts, Clementines, Coconut, Ginger, Grapefruit, Jerusalem artichokes, Kiwi, Kumquat, Lemon, Lime, Mango, Oranges and tengelos, Papayas, Passionfruit, Pineapples, Pomegranate

Prepping Produce

Metric Equivalents

Contributors

Index