| The Harvest Eating Cookbook | | | | simple key is provided to indicate what seasons might |
| BY KEITH SNOW | | | | be best to find the fresh ingredients for the dish. |
| RUNNING PRESS. 296P $29.95 | | | | Luckily, many of the recipes can be easily made all |
| Towns and garden centers everywhere are hosting | | | | four seasons. |
| farmer's markets for local growers to showcase and | | | | The recipes for flour less chocolate cake and |
| sell their produce directly to neighborhood families. This | | | | Parmesan crisps do require a knowledge of technique, |
| is the perfect time for cookbooks to offer new | | | | but this is not true for the majority of the recipes. The |
| recipes and ways of preparing the food that can be | | | | tomato pie recipe, for instance, is a delightful new way |
| found at these venues. Not only is The Harvest Eating | | | | to use up the abundance of summer tomatoes using a |
| Cookbook full of delectable photos but the recipes are | | | | sweet pie crust, or pate brise, that is the same as the |
| reasonable in length, simple to prepare, tasty and | | | | crust used for many tarts. Some of the recipes may |
| nutritious. The author, Kevin Snow, also includes recipes | | | | be familiar but with Snow's help they are transformed |
| for making your own healthy pancake mix and | | | | into healthier versions. His homemade pancake mix, for |
| homemade yogurt, and salad dressings as well as | | | | example, ups its fiber content by substituting all white |
| canning tips and other ways to avoid store bought | | | | flour for a mixture of white, wheat, and rye flour. The |
| products. Snow shares his own family's efforts to | | | | result are pancakes that have the expected taste but |
| make the majority of the food they eat. Depending on | | | | added nutritional value. This is a cookbook that should |
| how dedicated one is to cooking their own food, this | | | | be kept on hand in the kitchen. |
| cookbook will appeal to many types of cooks. A | | | | |