Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables- 100+ Recipes and 230+ Variations

Berens cooks her way through vegetables, A to Z. Whether it's pan roasted, grilled, puréed or raw, she takes readers from asparagus to turnips and rutabaga, sharing creative preparation techniques and flavor combinations. Berens evens shares information on what to look for in a vegetable, how to store them, and encouragement to improvise new combinations of your own. 

CONTENTS:

-- Introduction

-- Strong pantry. Oils ; Acidity ; Spices and seasonings ; Herbs ; Grains ; Beans ; Pasta ; Grits ; Bread ; Dairy ; Dried fruit ; Nuts and seeds ; Preserved and tinned fish ; Condiments 

-- Vegetables and how I cook them. Asparagus ; Beets ; Broccoli ; Cabbage ; Carrots ; Cauliflower ; Celery and celery root ; Corn ; Cucumbers ; Eggplant ; Fennel ; Garlic ; Green beans ; Greens, delicate: arugula, leaf lettuce, head lettuce, spinach, baby bok choy ; Greens, hearty: chard, collards, kale, radicchio and other chicories ; Kohlrabi ; Leeks ; Onions ; Parsnips ; Peas ; Peppers, sweet ; Potatoes ; Radishes ; Ramps ; Squash, summer ; Squash, winter ; Sunchokes ; Tomatoes ; Turnips and rutabaga.