The Greenmarket Cookbook: Recipes, Tips, and Lore from the World Famous Urban Farmers' Market

Every city dweller has eaten Red Delicious, but how many know a Northern Spy, or Black Twig--"the Guinness stout of apples"? Millions are being drawn to the green oases of 2,700 farmers' markets in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Seattle, & many more. And they're hungry for new, easy ways to prepare the wholesome ingredients & rustic specialties they find there. In The Greenmarket Cookbook Joel Patraker--known locally as "the voice of the greenmarket"--draws on his nearly twenty years with Manhattan's famed Union Square market to concoct a vivid stew of unique recipes, tips, & anecdotes from farmers, shoppers, chefs, & celebrities. Lush color photographs & lively text evoke the country charm of produce brought fresh to the city. The 100 recipes are divided by each season & its produce, with lists of other items available, & charts--to help you pick apples by history, appearance, & taste or peppers by their degree of heat. In an age when people are clamoring for the freshest ingredients The Greenmarket Cookbook goes straight to the source.Patraker, Joel is the author of 'The Greenmarket Cookbook: Recipes, Tips, and Lore from the World Famous Urban Farmers' Market' with ISBN 9780670881345 and ISBN 0670881341.