Synopses & Reviews
Roses are Red Violets are Blue… You can have your flowers and eat them too!In
Eat Your Roses, author Denise Schreiber introduces 52 of her favorite edible flowers, their culinary uses and special “sense appeal.” A passionate flower eater and award-winning cook, Denise presents dozens of playful, mouth-watering recipes (from appetizers to desserts to fragrant liqueurs). Get ready to discover calendula corn muffins...and that ultimate floral treat: rose petal ice cream! “
Eat Your Roses is filled with fascinating recipes to turn beautiful garden blooms into surprising and unforgettable dishes. Be sure to try the pineapple guava smoothie.”
Doug Oster, author of
Tomatoes Garlic Basil “
Eat Your Roses demystifies the culinary preparations of edible flowers. Whether it's an annual, a perennial or even a weed, Denise shows you what can be done. I especially recommend the nasturtium bundles!”
Lisa Marini Finerty,
YourGardenShow.com “
A fresh, fun and interesting approach to not only using flowers from the garden, but the joy of concocting them into creative, delicious dishes…(if you don't like the flower in the garden you can have it for lunch!)”
Stephanie Cohen, “The Perennial Diva”
Co-author of The Nonstop Garden
Review
“Eat Your Roses is filled with fascinating recipes to turn beautiful garden blooms into surprising and unforgettable dishes. Be sure to try the pineapple guava smoothie.”Doug Oster, author of Tomatoes Garlic Basil
Synopsis
This light-hearted, full-color illustrated gift book balances edible flower history and lore with proper handling and preparation techniques, and 50+ recipes (from appetizers and drinks to main dishes and desserts). Eat Your Roses shows us how to look beyond the veggie patch for great food ideas, and check out our flowerbeds. Hardcover with concealed wire binding. Full-color photos throughout.
Synopsis
Denise Schreiber is a horticulturist and Greenhouse Manager for the Allegheny County Parks system (9 regional parks in the Pittsburgh area). She is a highly visible speaker and educator at local garden clubs, civic groups and parks-affiliated events. Each July she stages The Edible Flowers Food Fest, the largest event of its kind in Western PA. Her other persona is as “Mrs. Know-it-All,” a regular guest expert on the popular Sunday morning radio show, The Organic Gardeners, with 65,000 listeners(KDKA Pittsburgh). Denise is also a columnist for a number of regional garden and lifestyle magazines.
About the Author
Denise Schreiber lives in Pittsburgh, PA.
Table of Contents
Table of ContentsIntroduction Rules for eating edible flowers What flowers are non-edible? Gathering edible flowers & preparing them for use 50 Edible flowers (who’s who and what to do with them) RecipesButtersSugars & SyrupsDrinksAccentsAppetizers, Savories & Side dishesSoupsSaladsEntreesDesserts Resources Index Acknowledgments About the Author