Mr. Wilkinson's Vegetables: A Cookbook to Celebrate the Garden

a most excellent 5 star read

Mr. Wilkinson’s Vegetables
I loved the cover, title and I am a veggie lover, this book is for me!
The pictures are mouthwateringly beautiful. The descriptions of the
foods, recipes and spices are sensual. The recipes themselves are
fantastically ….”veggigasmic” I am in awe and slightly intimidated.
Sheesh. What to try first....
Each section has a vegetable as it’s star, first up: Asparagus
You get a description of the name, origin, native of, when to pick &
plant, how to prepare, wonderful information you might never know.
Just listen to the recipe names …Blanched white asparagus with
ricotta & Belgian endive… A salad of raw asparagus, skordalia
prosciutto & dukka. And so on and so on…
recipes that blew show more my mind…roasted brussel sprouts with vanilla-confit
chestnuts and thyme, say what?
How about Sauteed Tuscan cabbage & Matsutake mushroom pasta!
Or, baked long green peppers with couscous & currants…yum.
Try this one.. salad of cauliflower, smoked salmon and strawberry..?!?
Or, frozen vanilla syrup-coated fennel….huh? Or, horseradish wafers!
How about rose-geranium-stewed blueberries with creamed rice pudding!
Try; nettle & crab ravioli with swiss chard & glasswort, I am swooning…:)
Parsnip chippies you say? Shepherd’s pie croquettes? Tomato kasundi?
Or, salted & lemoned raw zucchini, fromage blanc & grated almond…sigh.
Do you “taste” what I mean? Pairing foods that seem not to go together…
Mr. Wilkinson has a Mrs. And she has a recipe as well, The Mrs. Swiss
Chard & feta pie, simply scrumptious! There is also an index in the back.
I have already tried the “foil roasted big beets with ricotta and mint” I think I cried a little with joy at the first bite. I am so tickled to try the pickled asparagus! I have the ingredients to try “crushed fava bean & lentils with goat cheese & pear” and “grated carrot , preserved lemon, raisin & ginger pickle’ and I am going to have this delightful “pickle” with a wedge of brie just like my new favorite Veggie man, Mr. Wilkinson says to do!
As you can tell I am just thrilled with Mr. Wilkinson’s Vegetables, do yourself a culinary favor and get this book! show less

This is just enough of a cookbook to make me love cooking more. I get overwhelmed by the massive books out there that have every dish under the sun.
This one's organized by vegetable and has about 3 recipes per veggie. Just enough to get you wanting to cook more often once you've tried a couple of them.

I have found the recipes to be delicious, the photography beautiful, the gardening tips helpful, and the book itself a pleasure to hold and feel.

This is a great cookbook.