Synopses & Reviews
We all know that pumpkin pie is super, so why not enjoy more of this delicious, nutritious squash in year-round recipes? Dee Dee Stovel carves out a new image for pumpkin with such creative combinations as Roasted Ginger Pumpkin & Pear Soup; Pumpkin Sage Risotto; Spring Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Pepitas; White Bean, Chicken, and Pumpkin Chili; Pumpkin Pizza with Gorgonzola Cheese; and Pork Tenderloin with Red Wine Pumpkin Sauce.
These 125 recipes celebrate the varied ways that pumpkin can enhance a wide range of dishes, from beverages, starters, and snacks to soups, salads, main courses, and, of course, pies, cookies, breads, and cakes. Whether starting from the whole pumpkin (which, Stovel shows, is easier than many may think) or from canned pumpkin (a fine alternative), cooks will be surprised by the variety of ways they can use the entire fruit, including blossoms and seeds, as well as the pulp itself.
Special features include complete menus and decorating and entertaining ideas for harvest celebrations and Halloween parties, as well as sidebars highlighting pumpkin festivals, lore, and growing facts. With pumpkin acreage and sales growing every year, and more health writers touting the fruit’s nutritional powers, Pumpkin comes to the rescue for everyone who wants to expand their cooking repertoire.
Review
"...a creative cookbook with lots of recipes containing fresh or canned pumpkin..."
-Times Herald
"...DeeDee Stoval takes pumpkin way beyond pie." -Tennessean
"...California Cooking teacher Dee Dee Stovel will entice you with all manner of recipes using fresh and canned pumpkin." -Tampa Tribune
"And you thought the only thing to do with a pumpkin is carve it."
-Asbury Park Press
"...DeeDee Stovel will entice you with all manner of recipes using fresh and canned pumpkin." -San Jose Mercury News
"...full of homespun stores and practical wisdom about that ordinary gourd we make an awful lot of fuss about..." -The Plainville Citizen
"Pumpkin lovers, rejoice. There's a cookbook just for you." -Palm Beach Post
"Pumpkin can teach you everything that you ever wanted to know about pumpkins."
-Los Angeles Yoga Times
"This book contains almost every possible imaginable recipe for pumpkins..."
-Los Angeles Yoga Times
Synopsis
Put More Pumpkin in Your Year
Pack your diet with extra nutritional punch! Versatile, delicious pumpkin -- a powerhouse of complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamin C, and huge amounts of vitamin A -- is landing on many nutrionists' lists of "super foods." Shouldn't it be landing more frequently on your dinner plate?
Take advantage of pumpkin's health benefits all year by adding its mellow flavor and smooth texture to an exciting variety of global tastes and classic baked goods. Use canned puree in spicy Thai Pumpkin Soup; toss a handful of toasted seeds into a hearty Winter Salad with Maple Pumpkin Dressing; or savor the mellow taste of fresh pumpkin in Moroccan Chicken and Pumpkin Stew. Of course the rich spciy flavor of pumpkin pie filling never fails to delight. It's well represented here with six fresh takes on pumpkin pie, along with pumpkin cheesecake, almond pumpkin bread pudding, pumpkin panna cotta, and pumpkin ginger ice cream.
So, use it fresh or canned -- there's always a place for pumpkin!
Synopsis
Pumpkin pie is just the beginning! These 125 recipes celebrate the varied ways that pumpkin can be used in everything from appetizers and snacks to soups, salads, main courses, side dishes, and desserts. You'll love every single one of Dee Dee Stovel's innovative creations, including Caribbean Black Bean Pumpkin Soup; Pumpkin Sage Risotto; Spring Spinach Salad with Strawberries and Pepitas; White Bean, Chicken, and Pumpkin Chili; Pumpkin Pizza with Gorgonzola Cheese; Pork Tenderloin with Red Wine Pumpkin Sauce; Lemon-Pumpkin Strudel; Chocolate-Pumpkin Brownies with Apricot Surprise; and seven deliciously different kinds of pumpkin pie.
About the Author
DeeDee Stovel is an experienced caterer and the author of Picnic: 125 Recipes with 29 Seasonal Menus and Pumpkin, a Super Food for All 12 Months of the Year. She lives in San Carlos, California.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Versatile Pumpkin
2 Starters, Snacks, and Beverages
3 Soups and Salads
4 Side Dishes
5 Main Courses
6 Breads
7 Pies
8 Cookies
9 Cakes
10 Desserts and Delicacies
Index