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    I want to second Alice Waters' Chez Panisse vegetables. The book is organized alphabetically by vegetable, and every single recipe is made of ingredients that are grown at the same time as the main vegetable.

    A book not mentioned by anyone is Russ Parson's How to Pick a Peach. This one's organized by season, with a fruit or vegetable focus for each chapter within the season. What I like most is that each chapter provides some nice history on the cultivation of the fruit or vegetable of that chapter.

    Deborah Madison's Local Flavors (mentioned in the article) is a nice one; full of photographs of farmers, ingredients, and dishes, and every recipe is inspired by a visit to one of the nation's farmers' markets. While Chez Panisse uses the local crops available to us here in Northern Cali, Deborah Madison's takes you all over the country, and has stuff particular to each region, across the whole year.

    Thanks everyone for the other suggestions! I'm definitely going to check out Simply in Season!On Umbra on cookbooks posted 1 year ago 16 Responses

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    Perfect point for this article - go meet the farmer that raises the eggs available to you! I recently visited a local farm that produces beef, lamb, chickens, and eggs. The laying hens were grazing away on a pasture in one of the most beautiful landscapes I've ever seen. They go inside their mobile laying-house for the evenings, where they are  actually locked in so that nocturnal predators like foxes and racoons can't get to them. And in the morning, doors open up and out they go. And of course, the eggs are super delicious!On Earth Dinners keep cuisine and conversation flowing posted 2 years, 7 months ago 10 Responses