Seasoning: How to cook and celebrate the seasons

A timeless guide to cooking and celebrating produce,all year round,with insights into over 50 vegetables and fruits,and 75 fresh,modern and approachable recipes. It illustrates how embracing seasonality is about understanding the cycles of the land and the climate and how they can make things taste the best possible versions of themselves.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 07 March 2024
Publisher: Murdoch Books

A truly exceptional and captivating cookbook that every passionate cook should possess! Stanley Tucci presents a timeless guide to culinary excellence, seamlessly integrating the rhythms of the seasons into your kitchen. This comprehensive masterpiece explores the vast world of produce, offering insights into over 50 vegetables and fruits throughout the four seasons of the year. Award-winning food writer Angela Clutton delves into the seasonality of these ingredients, providing invaluable tips on shopping, storing, and utilizing them in countless delectable ways. Additionally, this book showcases 75 fresh, modern, and approachable recipes that showcase the absolute best of each season's offerings.

But Seasoning goes beyond mere recipes; it is a profound exploration of the interconnectedness between the land, climate, and the art of cooking. It illustrates how embracing seasonality is about understanding the intricate cycles of the earth and the ever-changing climate, and how these cycles can bring out the absolute best flavors in the ingredients we use. Winter frosts bring out the sugars of sprouts and parsnips, while sunshine infuses summer's tomatoes with not just sweetness but also a deep, rich flavor that is truly remarkable. It is about sustainability, but it is also about the joy of anticipation and the bittersweetness of missing something once it has passed.

Vegetables and fruits take center stage in this culinary masterpiece, with profiles of meat and fish interwoven throughout. Discover how the seasons move, and how our desires for food and cooking evolve with them. Seasoning serves as an invaluable companion, inspiring confident, intuitive cooking with every turn of the page. Whether you are a seasoned chef or a novice cook, this book will be your constant source of inspiration, guiding you on a journey of culinary exploration and delight. So, embrace the seasons, and let Seasoning be your guide to creating unforgettable meals that celebrate the beauty of produce, all year round.

Weight: 1472g
Dimension: 198 x 264 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781922616555