Description
The humble potato is a culinary powerhouse and inspires adventurous and tantalizing fare.
A "desert island" vegetable if ever there was one, the potato appeals to all of us, whether in the form of traditional comfort dishes or in the guise of the new and exotic. Versatile, nutritious, inexpensive and unfailingly delicious, no other vegetable, and few foods in general, can make those claims.
These are just some of the delicious possibilities that the humble potato offers in this wide and varied assortment of recipes:
- Classic mash de luxe
- Garlic roasties with rosemary
- Real English chips
- Gnocchi-roni and cheese
- Saffron potato cakes
- All-American potato pancakes
- Sweet potato-crusted shrimp
- East Coast chowder
- Creole potato salad
- French potato galette
- Fennel, potato and white bean stew
- Potato lasagna
- Oyster pie with top mash
- Sweet potato gnocchi
- Mennonite country potato doughnuts
- Potato fudge.
Appetizers and snacks, soups and salads, side dishes, main courses, hearty vegetarian main dishes, baked goods and desserts make up this vast and colorful collection of recipes. The author also includes a complete history and origins of potatoes as well as a comprehensive chapter that covers hundreds of potato varieties.
Author: Kathleen Sloan-McIntosh
Publisher: Robert Rose
Published: 09/08/2011
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780778802785
ISBN10: 0778802787
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Specific Ingredients | Vegetables
About the Author
Kathleen Sloan-Mcintosh is an author, food journalist and the owner and operator of the Black Dog Village Pub & Bistro in Bayfield, Ontario.