Cookbook Countdown Day 5: “Cooking Season by Season”
I have saved the best for last in our Cookbook Countdown to the New Year. At least, this is the book I would most like to win out of all of the ones I’ve offered this week.
“Cooking Season by Season” by various authors is a huge, hardback book filled with 1,000 recipes that are organized by the time of year and seasonality of different ingredients. The chapters and some of the foods they feature are spring (scallions, rhubarb), early summer (fava beans, asparagus, strawberries), high summer (sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, summer berries), fall (beets, fennel, broccoli, figs), early winter (leeks, pomegranates, cabbage), and late winter (avocado, venison, rutabaga and turnips).
A few recipe examples: Spinach Sauce, Creamy Scallop Bisque, Zucchini and Potato Soup, Salmon Jungle Curry, Mussels in Fennel Broth, Blackberry Brioche with Mascarpone, and Normandy Pear Tart. The book also includes menu plans and lots of other information.
To be entered to win a copy of this book, please leave a comment on this blog entry. I will throw in a “For Dummies” grilling mitt. I’ll announce the winner on New Year’s Eve. Have a great weekend!
December 28, 2012 - 5:30 AM
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This cookbook sounds great.
No doubt you did leave the best for last! I’ve been checking your giveaway posts daily but have only entered for the books I will actually use.
On a semi-related note I’m looking forward to the Roanoke Co-Op’s farm & farmers market to open next year.
This looks like a great cookbook.
wow! there’s no excuse to not use this book with that many recipes.
I agree, this may be the best….or Cake Boss Italian!
interesting for a book that actually has venison recipies in it. becoming a rarity anymore unless you would look for one that is for game. My mother would adore this book.
Is ‘cooking’ the reason for the season?
I think you definitely saved the best for last! I’m torn between this one and Tyler’s books!
We get a farm share from Good Food Good People May-December. The recipes provided would be extremely valuable for the variety of fruits and veggies we receive. Thanks!
I have to agree–this would be a wonderful cookbook to have in any collection.
This sounds interesting. I like the concept.
I would absolutely love this book because we get so many veggies with our share, and many of them I’m unfamiliar with and have absolutely NO idea what to do with. One of the reasons we take the share is that I wanted to be driven towards seasonal cooking – this would be immensely helpful.
This sounds like a great cookbook! I could definitely use more recipes for fresh veggies!!
Sounds like a great book. Who is the author or publisher?
this would be great! i hate to find a recipe i want to try and then can’t find the ingredients because i didn’t know they were out of season!
This cookbook sounds both elegant and practical!!
Sounds like a great reasonable cookbook! Would love it!
I love seasonal cooking! This would be a great addition to my collection.
This looks fabulous! I definitely need help picking the freshest produce. At least with this cookbook I can know what’s “in season” before I hit the super market.
HAVE TRIED MANY OF YOUR RECOMENDED RECIPES AND HAVE NOT BEEN DISAPOINTED.
I HAVE EVEN SERVED SOME OF THEM AND CLAIMED THEM MINE
(WHITE LIE) THANKS KEEP THEM COMEING
This cookbook looks absolutely delicious and perfect for holiday recipes!
This sounds like a modern, very interesting cookbook.
Count me in – love the fresh fruits & veggies!
Lindsey, This would be so nice to cook by the seasons which is something I really need. It’s hard to cook for my husband, the cookbook would help. Love your column.
While I haven’t been interested in most of the cookbooks this week, I’m definitely interested in this one! I’m trying to cook healthier without losing flavor and that’s not an easy thing to accomplish. Throw my name in the hat, please!
sounds good
Wow, a book that might match what is coming out of my garden! I’m tired of cookbooks that pair, oh, say, pears and asparagus.
Absolutely should be a must in everyone’s kitchen, as an accompaniment to a garden. I would receive this with a great smile. Thanks for the chance.
perfect
i would love to have it!
Well I’m throwing my name into the pot just because I can! I have a cookbook addiction, what can I say?!
Yum!! This books sounds great!!
Wonderful cookbook. you really did save the best for last!
sounds like a book I’d like to add to my collection!
That sounds like an AWESOME cookbook!
@Raymond McKee – D’oh! OOohhhh…
@Kristen – Heh, I wound up giving most of my CSA produce to my brother, who is a better and more resourceful cook than I am.
G’luck, everybody! Happy New Year!
This cookbook sounds like one a country girl could use and enjoy.
This sounds like a great book to have in my kitchen!
Sounds like a money saver as well.One of the things my grandparents did was cook according to the season not so much to be trendy-goodness was that even used back then-but it was economical.
This has been fun and like others I only entered for what I would use.
Thanks for all your columns and Happy New Year!
This is probably better for you then Bouchon Bakery. I mostly think of seasonal cooking as being summer time, this could be a learning experience.
I am really enjoying cooking in my retirement days. This cookbook is just what I need.
New cookbooks are always fun to get ideas from. This one has ideas for the whole season. Wish it, want it, do it.
This llooks like an awesome cookbook!
Would love to win this cookbook !! Collecting cookbooks is my pastime
hope I win!!
Hey this is Cindy Rosenberger , I helped you with the miller and roads tea room article. I would love to have one of your cookbooks ! The recipes sound delisious !
Sounds like a wonderful cookbook to have!!
Love to read cookbooks, just like a novel! This one looks amazing – we are all in the mood for new recipes with fresh ingredients after the holidays! Would love to have a copy. Blessings in the New Year…
Sounds like a winner. I love new recipes.
Sounds veggie rather than meat oriented, surely a hit in our house!
This looks great! Seasonal cooking is something that I’d love to do more of
My daughter just got married to a military man and the only type of cooking she has done has been out of a box! This cookbook will help her be able to cook a variety of things for them.
Pick me!
What a wonderful cookbook to own! Looks just like the one I need. A cookbook that is special by the seasons and the foods that are available for each season.
It is terrific that you have been having these cookbook contests in 2012, even though this is the first opportunity I have had to enter. Happy new Year!
You always do the best cookbooks! This one looks like a book that would be referred to over and over through the years.
I’malways looking for new ideas for cooking healthier with the fruits and vegetables that are available locally in. The farmer’s market and store this would be a good cookbook to have for that. I need to do more healthily meals in 2013