For the Love of Garlic The Complete Guide to Garlic Cuisine Victoria Renoux

ISBN: 0-7570-0087-8 Length: 204 Pages Size: 7.5 x 7.5-inch Format: Quality Paperback 2-Color Category: Cooking / Garlic Price: $13.95 US / $22.95 CAN Availability: In Print Contents Reviews

If you have a passion for the robust flavor and pungent aroma of garlic, here is a book guaranteed to both delight and satisfy. If you are simply interested in learning more about this amazingly popular plant, this book will fascinate you with the secrets of garlic's centuries-old magic. For the Love of Garlic is a celebration of an astonishingly versatile food. It explores garlic's past and present, and provides a wide variety of delicious kitchen-tested garlic recipes designed to tempt not only garlic aficionados, but all lovers of great cuisine

Part One begins by looking at the history, lore, and many uses of this culinary treasure. It examines how garlic's active compounds have been proven to heal illness and maintain radiant health. Also included is a section on growing and buying this gourmet marvel. Part Two indulges in the tastes and pleasures of garlic. The author first discusses cooking techniques and special utensils that can enhance the use of this ingredient. She then offers eighty-five tempting dishes that will allow you to indulge all your garlic fantasies.

Whether given as a gift or used as a personal reference, this beautifully designed and illustrated work will prove itself to be a useful and informative guide time and time again.

Victoria Renoux is an experienced natural foods cooking instructor, an accomplished artist, and an internationally recognized food writer. She has owned and managed a health food store and has served as head chef at a top natural foods restaurant. Victoria's art has been shown in galleries throughout the United States and abroad. As a best-selling author, she has written six cookbooks, including Cooking With the Right Side of the Brain, The Arrowhead Mills Cookbook, and Cooking for Life. Victoria currently lives in Sarasota, Florida.

Contents

Introduction

Part 1: The Life & Times of Garlic
1. Garlic Through the Ages
2. From Planting to Plate
3. Garlics of the World
4. Garlic & Your Health
5. Growing Your Own Garlic

Part 2: The Tastes & Pleasures of Garlic
6. Cooking Techniques & Tools
7. Luscious, Healthful Recipes

References for Further Reading

Buying Gourmet Garlics & Garlic Paraphernalia

Index

Reviews

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