V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks -- from Artichokes to Zucchini

One of Americas most highly acclaimed chefs gives us more than 150 simple recipes and techniques for imaginative vegetable cooking at home. Gramercy Taverns Executive Chef Michael Anthony believes a cooks job is to create delicious flavors and healthy meals. Written for the home cook and featuring both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options V is for Vegetables celebrates the act of cooking vegetables he loves. Anthony shows how unlocking the secrets of vegetables can be as simple as roasting a beet de-knobbing a Jerusalem artichoke peeling a gnarly celery root slicing a bright radish washing a handful of just-picked greens. V is for Vegetables is personal accessible and beautiful. Its charming A to Z format celebrates vegetables in richly detailed illustrations glorious food photographs and lots of helpful how to do it techniques. Recipes include crispy composed salads fresh herb sauces satisfying warm gratins vibrant stews simple sauted greens over a bowl of grains and veggies with meat and fish too. V is for Vegetables delivers the tools to transform and conquer the vegetables in a CSA basket from the farmers market and even the grocery store. It is an eye-opening book for vegetarians and omnivores alike.