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Clarkson Potter

Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes

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Title: Cooking in the Moment: A Year of Seasonal Recipes
Author: Reusing, Andrea
ISBN: 9780307463890
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Published: 2011
Binding: Regular Hardback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
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If there's one thing Reusing understands, it's the power of a remarkable ingredient. - O Magazine

[A] must-have title for both new and experienced cookes. --Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)

"Her enthusiasm is infectious, her approach, inviting."--BookPage Top Pick and Cookbook of the Month

"I love Andrea Reusing's Lantern in Chapel Hill. And her recipes in Cooking in the Moment are so approachable and her stories so insightful that they blaze a path toward great home cooking."
--David Chang

"I've had the pleasure of enjoying many fine meals at Lantern. Andrea Reusing's food is always fresh, seasonal, and as local as possible. Her recipes are creative and downright delicious."
--John Grisham

For Andrea Reusing--an award-winning chef, a leader in the sustainable agriculture movement, and a working mother--"cooking in the moment" simply means focusing on one meal at a time. Tender spring broccoli given a smoky char on the grill, a summer berry pudding with cold cream, or a cider-braised pork shoulder served with pan-fried apples on a frosty night--cooking and eating this way allows food in season to become the foundation of a full life. Cooking in the Moment is a rich, absorbing journey through a year in Reusing's home kitchen as she cooks for family and friends using ingredients grown nearby.

When seasonality is reimagined as a grocery list rather than a limitation, everyday meals become cause for celebration--a whole week of fresh sweet corn; a blue moon autumn asparagus harvest; a rich, spicy soup made with the last few sweet potatoes of winter. Reusing seamlessly blends down-to-earth kitchen advice with delicious, doable recipes, including childhood favorites (chicken and dumplings), simple one-pot dinners (shrimp, pea, and rice stew), as well as feasts to satisfy a crowd (roast fresh ham with cracklings). And while the action takes place in North Carolina, the kinds of producers and places that animate these pages--f