Off the Shelf
July 2016
Yummy Books
 
These books will make your mouth water, your stomach growl, and your library card leap out of your wallet or purse.
 
While drooling over these books, don't forget to sign up for Summer Reading, which is open through July 31. Adults can register online, and kids and teens can register at the library. The best part: everyone who participates in Summer Reading at West Slope Library gets a free book (while supplies last)..
Eat Local
Portland Farmers Market cookbook : 100 seasonal recipes and stories that celebrate local food and people
by Ellen Jackson

With 100 seasonally organized recipes for every meal of the day, stories of the market’s farmers and producers, shopping and cooking tips, and glorious color photography, the Portland Farmers Market Cookbook is a celebration of a place and its people, who are proud to share their bounty with the Portland community and beyond.
The Timber Press guide to vegetable gardening in the Pacific Northwest
by Lorene Edwards Forkner

A growing guide that truly understands the unique eccentricities of the Northwest growing calendar. The month-by-month format makes it perfect for beginners and accessible to everyone — you can start gardening the month you pick it up. This book also features an A–Z section that profiles the vegetables, fruits, and herbs that grow best in the region, with basic care and maintenance for each. Introductory material provides valuable information on gardening basics and garden planning.
Eat Smart
Eat it up! : 150 recipes to use every bit and enjoy every bite of the food you buy
by Sherri Brooks Vinton

Teaches readers how to economize their meals by using all ingredients fully and getting more meals out of grocery purchase and includes 150 recipes for delicious meals that use whole, fresh ingredients.
Food52 genius recipes : 100 recipes that will change the way you cook
by Kristen Miglore

A collection of 100 recipes from the James Beard Award-nominated Genius Recipes column on the Food52 website features foolproof recipes and instructions from cooking luminaries including Julia Child, Alice Waters, David Chang and Yotam Ottolenghi.
Eat Pantry
Putting food by
by Stephen Schmidt

Offers directions for canning, freezing, drying, pickling, and smoking foods and creating soups, vegetables, main courses, and desserts from preserved foods.
Preserving the Japanese way : traditions of salting, fermenting, and pickling for the modern kitchen
by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

Collects over one hundred recipes that incorporate Japanese methods of salting, pickling, and fermenting, including such offerings as salted cherry blossoms, fish sauce fried rice, pickled young shallots, and kelp-wicked flounder.
Taste of Home Jams, Jellies, Pickles & More : 201 Easy Ideas for Canning & Preserving
by Taste of Home

201 canning and preserving recipes, as well as basic intro to canning, for novice and experienced canners alike. Includes gorgeous full-color photos and prep-time guidelines in addition to the wide range of recipes (jams and jellies to barbecue sauces and salsas).
The dehydrator bible
by Jennifer MacKenzie

More than 150 recipes for dehydrating everything from herbs and seasonings to fruits, vegetables, meats and fish, plus more than 250 delicious recipes that actually use the dehydrated foods as ingredients. Includes easy-to-follow drying instructions along with time guidelines.
Eat Cold
Superfood smoothies : 100 delicious, energizing & nutrient-dense recipes
by Julie Morris

"Everyone loves smoothies and this is the ultimate smoothie book, written by Julie Morris, author of Superfood Kitchen and a superfood expert! Morris whips up 100 nutrient-rich recipes using the world's most antioxidant-, vitamin- and mineral-packed foods, and offers innovative culinary methods for making your smoothies incredibly nutritious and delicious. Whether you're looking for an energy boost, seeking a gentle cleanse, or just trying to get healthy, you'll be inspired to power up the blender!"
People's Pops : 55 recipes for ice pops, shave ice, and boozy pops from Brooklyn's coolest pop shop
by Nathalie Jordi

Shares dozens of recipes from the premier pops stand while offering instructions for making favorite varieties at home, demonstrating the techniques of blending flavors, balancing sweetness and incorporating seasonal ingredients.
Eat Sweet
The great British bake off : how to turn everyday bakes into showstoppers
by Linda Collister

Covering a range of bakes from large and small cakes, biscuits and cookies, sweet and savoury pastry, puddings, breads and patisserie, this book shows you how to bake beautiful, enticing recipes to wow at every occasion.
Delicious dump cakes : 50 super simple desserts to make in 15 minutes or less
by Roxanne Wyss

Featuring classic recipes as well as new, innovative flavor combinations, a cookbook for baking rich, wonderful and comforting desserts quickly is perfect for home cooks on the go, families with children who always want to help and for anyone who just wants to keep their cooking simple.
A year of pies : a seasonal tour of home baked pies
by Ashley English

Presents year-round pie recipes that feature the freshest seasonal ingredients, including such options as a minty chocolate cream pie and a carrot pie, and introduces pie-making basics.
The lemon cookbook : 50 sweet & savory recipes to brighten every meal
by Ellen Jackson

Presents a collection of recipes which have lemon as an essential ingredient, including such dishes as lemon muffins with crystallized ginger, lemon dal with spinach and yougurt, cedar plank-grilled salmon with lemons, and toasted coconut-lemon tart.
Eat Meat
The Wood Pellet Smoker & Grill Cookbook : Recipes and Techniques for the Most Flavorful and Delicious Barbecue
by Peter Jautaikis

Mouthwatering, tender, and scrumptious--that's what you can expect from food that's prepared on a wood-pellet grill. This complete guide and cookbook provides all the information you need to create taste-tempting meals on this unique and amazingly versatile outdoor cooker.
The great meat cookbook
by Bruce Aidells

A comprehensive guide to the modern world of meat places an emphasis on sustainable meat production and includes coverage of a diverse range of options, explaining the misleading practices behind today's labels while providing more than 250 recipes.
Eat Yer Veggies
The Dirt Candy : a cookbook ; flavor-forward food from the upstart New York City vegetarian restaurant
by Amanda Cohen

Complemented by engaging graphic-style art, an all-vegetable cookbook by New York City's Dirt Candy restaurant explains how to prepare elaborate and satisfying meals with ingredients usually relegated to side dishes, in a volume that offers such options as Stone-Ground Grits with Tempura Poached Egg, Broccoli Rabe Fettuccini and Popcorn Pudding With Butterscotch Sauce.
But I could never go : -vegan!- 125 recipes that prove you can live without cheese, it's not all rabbit food, and your friends will still come over for dinner
by Kristy Turner

Collects easy-to-follow vegan recipes for every meal of the day, including pizza, nachos, entrée salads, and brownies.


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