The Book Connection...: Review and Giveaway: Fresh Grown by Andrea Kristin

If you are looking for resources to help you use, store, and make the most of your fresh vegetables, then you need to grab a copy of Fresh Grown by Andrea Kristin.

Filled with stunning photography, this organic cooking book is a fabulous help if you are starting from scratch to create a Farm-to-Table lifestyle. Andrea and her husband Denis started their organic market garden farm and were thrilled to share it with their community. And they found members of their community often asked how best to use, store, and preserve the vegetables from their shares. Fresh Grown compiles that information into one handy place to make it easier for you.

Fresh Grown is filled with helpful tips, a list of staple items in Andrea's kitchen, various ways to preserve your vegetables with important tips to improve your success, and an abundance of yummy-looking recipes. The book is broken down into a variety of sections, like one for root vegetables and another for leafy vegetables. This allows for ease in finding what you need. There is also a handy "Vegetable Index" at the end in case you are searching for information on a particular vegetable. The digital copy I have employs hyperlinks, which makes it easy for me choose one of my favorite vegetables, like beets, and go directly to that page.

I'm so thrilled by how in-depth Fresh Grown is and can't wait to use it with this year's tiny harvest from our yard.

Highly recommended!

EXCERPT

As I write this book, I am snacking on a crisp garden carrot. The sun shines brightly through my kitchen window and casts a golden glow across the table while I battle its glare on my laptop screen. Outside, we are in the throes of harvest season on the farm. Denis and the crew are working hard to bring the remaining vegetables into storage before the heavy frost comes and shuts our market garden down for the winter.

Farming is so seasonal. Eating from a garden is so seasonal. During the summer here in Central Alberta, we grow a delicious variety of produce in our market garden. We all feel rich from it. And then our six months of northern winter hits and eating local grown becomes about digging into our reserves (storage, pantry, and freezer) to keep enjoying whatever garden pleasures we were able to save.

It's been a learning curve for me, dealing with this wide variety and seasonal influx of fresh vegetables. Wanting to feed my family wholesome, nutritious food and learn how to make good use of our bounty, it has taken me years to gain all the knowledge and experience I am excited to share with you here. I hope this book will be a valuable resource for you (as it is for me)— a guide to vegetable usage, an inspiration, and a solid, practical starting point to build your creativity. So here we go.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grey Arrow Press (June 20, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1068810912
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1068810916