"What to Do with a basketful of luscious tomatoes? How to prepare an armload of summer squash? Where to turn for new sweet corn preparations? If you're one of the thousands of fresh-vegetable enthusiasts who finds yourself pondering these critical questions while returning from the farmers' market or produce department of your gourmet grocer, or harvesting the bounty from your own garden or CSA, this is the book with the all the answers you'll need." "Andrea Chesman is a cook and gardener who knows what it's like to be staring down pounds of vegetables and panicking about how to use them all before it's too late. Simple. Delicious. Planned to fit the season. That's the approach Chesman brings to the 175 recipes packed into this creative volume." "The vegetables are organized seasonally by crop-readiness, so you can move through the book, trying new recipes, as the growing season progresses. All the favorites-spring salad greens, asparagus, broccoli, carrots, peas, potatoes, and more-are included, along with the more unusual-artichokes, endive, rutabagas, and edamame, to name a few. There are many vegetarian options, but even when combined with meat, vegetables get top billing." "To address those nights when the mounds of vegetables are just too overwhelming to try a whole new recipe, Chesman includes fourteen master recipes that can accommodate whatever is in the vegetable basket, using such basic preparation methods as blanching, steaming, grilling, roasting, stirfrying, and braising. Once you master these recipes, you'll be amazed at the broad variety of meals you'll be able to create every month with the freshest assortments of seasonal vegetables." "The Garden-Fresh Vegetable Cookbook is sure to become a favorite for everyone who wants to enjoy their vegetables fresh, local, seasonal, and simple. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Includes index.

1. The Well-Stocked Pantry 2. Mastering the Basics: Methods & Recipes Asparagus: A Perennial Favorite Peas: Always Sweet, Always Welcome Spinach: A Very Compliant Green Salad Greens: The Spring Tonic Salad Dressings Height of the Season: Spring Beets: Upbeat about Beets Broccoli: A Popular Vegetable with Many Cousins Cucumbers: Think Pickles Snap Beans: You'll Never Have Too Many Once You Try Roasting Them Swiss Chard: Easy, Delicious, Beautiful Zucchini & Summer Squash: Nature's Blank Palette Artichokes: Noble Vegetables Celery & Celery Root: No Thriving with Neglect Chiles & Peppers: Some Like 'em Hot Corn: An Ancient Plant of Many Uses Eggplant: Made for the Grill Fennel: A Vegetable That Deserves More Attention Okra: The Garden Beauty Queen

Shell Beans: They Weren't All Created Equal Sweet Potatoes: A Real Headliner Tomatoes: The Stars of Summer Height of The Season: Summer Belgian Endives: The Basement Harvest Brussels Sprouts: Love 'em of Leave 'em Cabbage: Speaks Many Languages Carrots: Who Knew They Were So Much Better Fresh? Cauliflower: Queen or Brat of the Garden? Garlic: Planting Hope Each Fall Jerusalem Artichokes: They Grow Like Weeds Kale: A Green in Many Colors Leeks: Delicate Members of the Onion Family Onions: A Flavoring Worth Savoring Parsnips: Who'd Have Thought They Could Be This Good? Potatoes: Baked, Boiled, & Knished Rutabagas: They Aren't Turnips Winter Squash & Pumpkins: The Pumpkin's in the Pie Height of the Season: Fall into Winter Preserving the Harvest.