Vegetable Love

What I love, first and foremost, about Barbara Kafka’s book is that it fairly glows with the author’s enthusiasm. Kafka is a woman who knows how to cook, and more importantly, knows how to eat. Her uninhibited delight for her subject sneaks out in the little comments, observations, advice and hints that accompany each and every of the 750 recipes she includes in the book. (“This is a star dish,” she writes about the Asparagus with Morels above. “Do not serve it with anything else, not even rice or pasta.) As I paged through the book I had this vision of Kafka sitting at her kitchen table with her recipe box—which must be the size of a Volvo—going through her collection of carrot recipes thinking, “Oh I have to include show more this!” and “I can’t forget to add this!” and making growing stacks of recipe cards and clippings until they covered the entire table, the counter, and had begun to encroach on the lesser-traveled parts of the floor. . .read the full review show less

When we joined a CSA ("community supported agriculture"), I knew I'd be getting random vegetables every week that I might have no idea how to use. So I invested in this fabulous book. It was a smart move. I've yet to see a vegetable that isn't in this book. I LOVE Vegetable Love!