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Field Guide to Produce

How to Identify, Select, and Prepare Virtually Every Fruit and Vegetable at the Market
Quirk Books By Aliza Green

4-1/2 x 5-7/8 in; 384 pp ;
Paperback
Published in March, 2004
ISBN 1931686807
ISBN13 9781931686808

$15.95  

Field Guide to Produce -- Produce: It's not just apples and oranges anymore. Today's supermarket shelves are stocked with strange, exotic, and delightful items such as quince, jicama, kumquats, amaranth, yuzus, and wing beans. But you don't need a degree in botany to make sense of it all -- just carry along Field Guide to Produce! This practical guide to the world's most popular fruits and vegetables features more than 200 full-color photographs -- plus detailed descriptions, selection tips, and guidelines on peeling, blanching, cooking, and eating.
Award-winning chef Aliza Green describes everything you're likely to find at your local grocery store and farmer's market -- from common cabbages and coconuts to more adventurous fare like chayote and cherimoya. Grocery shopping -- and dinner -- will never be the same again!

Aliza Green is a chef, food writer, and teacher based in Philadelphia. She is the author of The Bean Bible: A Legumaniac's Guide to Lentils, Peas, and Every Edible Bean on the Planet! and co-author of the James Beard Award–winning cookbook Ceviche!: Seafood, Salads, and Cocktails with a Latino Twist.