Eating Local by Janet Fletcher
UPDATE 11/22/10: We have a winner! By random drawing (via www.random.org) Louise has won this beautiful cookbook! Congratulations, and I’ve sent you an email!
Back in August I attended Foodista’s International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC) in Seattle. My first night there I, along with all of the other attendees, got an awesome bag full of food-related swag. There were all sorts of little gadgets and spices, but the real gem was this beautiful cookbook called Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America’s Farmers by Janet Fletcher.
I didn’t get to look at it until I was on the bus back home that first night, and I remember being mesmerized by all the gorgeous photographs and delicious recipes. But what I loved most about the book is how it is centered around community supported agriculture (CSA).
Beautiful photographs!
For my long time readers and friends, you’ll know that I have a soft spot in my heart and soul for local farms. When we lived in New York we were members of a CSA for about three years where we got some amazing fruits and vegetables from a Long Island farm called Green Thumb Farm. That’s actually how I first fell in love with supporting local agriculture and where farmers became my personal heroes (they still are).
A cookbook like this back then would have been just what I would have needed, because it’s divided up not by appetizers and main dishes, but rather by locally grown and produced ingredients. Each ingredient appears in alphabetical order in the three primary sections of the book: Vegetables; Fruits; and finally, Poultry, Meat, and Eggs. Yes, it’s true – this is not a vegan cookbook. But remember that most recipes can be veganized (psst…most of the recipes found on Novel Eats are veganized versions of vegetarian and omnivorous recipes!).
Makes you want to buy a pomegrante, doesn't it?
There are really some amazing recipes, beautifully named and with some lovely accompanying photos. Grilled Corn with Chipotle Butter and Cilantro (just substitute vegan butter – and wow, makes me want summer to be here again soon!), Focaccia with Leeks and Cherry Tomatoes, Roast Acorn Squash with Maple Glaze, Pear Sorbet with Champagne, and Hot Spiced Apple Cider to name a few.
Lots of recipes for your creativity!
I want to pass along this beautiful cookbook to you! Even though many of us are well past the harvest of summer, there are still a few recipes in here for fall and winter fruits and vegetables, so I hope that the winner will be able to take advantage of a few seasonal recipes before next year.
Official Rules!
To enter, answer the following question in ONE comment (to be fair to other contestants only enter once): What are you thankful for this holiday season? (Your winning does not rely on your answer!)
Be sure to include your email address in the email address line so I can reach you if you are the winner.
Note: This contest is valid only for people who live in the United States due to shipping costs.
The contest will close this Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 11:59pm PT and the winner will be chosen at random, then announced the following day.
Good luck!
Contest is closed.
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I, too, am so thankful for my family & friends. Reading thru all the posts here brought sweet tears to my eyes and reminded me all the more of how grateful I am for life, love, learning and the little ones who look to me for nuture and protection. ‘Tis good to take the moment to reflect and be filled with the warmth that appreciation, gratitude and sharing bring in their train… Thanks, Sam, for asking us to share here!!
I am thankful for the health that God has given me and for the wonderful husband I have. Such a blessing and a giving person.
For Thanksgiving this year, I am thankful to have my family — husband, two sons, daughter-in-law, mother, brother, and two morsels of love — my Australian shepherds. We have lost several important family members to tragedy and illness over the past four years (the first on Thanksgiving 2006) and I’m thankful that we have been able to overcome our sadness and loss to maintain and enhance our deep appreciation for each other!
I’m thankful for recovery of many addictions – I have addictive genes – my wonderful family that keeps growing – my health – and “growing along spiritual lines”, which has taken me down many spiritual paths that has helped me understand others faith, not just my own.
I’m thankful to have a roof over my head, tasty food to eat, and that my husband and I both have good, full-time jobs and are financially stable enough to not worry about paying the bills. At 23, I’m SO thankful for that. :-)
I am thankful for having some many people love and support me.
You’re just giving away all kinds of stuff! Trying to give Santa a run for his money??? =)
I’m thankful for my soon to be husband. He’s the most amazing and caring person I’ve ever met.
I’m thankful for hope, peace and strength. This past month has been a rough one for my family and friends and not only am I thankful for each and every one of them, but I am thankful that we are all here filled with hope. We are still praying for peace and strength but that may take some time. :)
I just finished my second CSA and I LOVE taking the kids to the farm and to the market to show them from exactly where are food comes…
I am thankful for all that I have and all that don’t. The love from my incredible husband and for the sunshine that walks on four furry legs and kisses me like crazy…For my new In-laws…for my friends old and new…for the sunshine, the moon and the rain….for without rain we wouldn’t have rainbows.
I’m thankful to be in a nursing home close to my family and friends instead of 500 miles away, alone and lonely.
I’m thankful you are, too, Genese!
i’m thankful for my amazing family.
I am thankful for my family: my husband, daughter and our newest child that I am pregnant with. I love cooking, especially local foods and this cookbook would be a very welcomed addition to my collection
I am thankful for the health and wellbeing of my family. Every holiday season that goes by is another that I am more thankful for the time we have had together!
I am thankful that they found out my mom had a heart blockage before she had a heart attack. Even though she is now in the hospital awaiting by pass surgery due to the fact she is on a med that thins the blood and they have to get it out of her system. She is due to have surgery the day before Thanksgiving so we will postpone our Thanksgiving celebration until she is home.
i am thankful for our new dog, einstein. we just lost a dog in september, and lila, our 11 year old mixed breed dog, has been very sad. she stopped eating, lost 10 lbs. she only weighed 45 lbs normally. had to add a little chicken broth to her food per the vet. potatoes, and treats just were not enough. she put the weight back on. i started weaning her from the broth, and she refused to eat. so…
we found einstein. he’s 4 years old. a wirehaired terrier mix. he was rescued from a kill shelter in georgia where they still gas the animals. he is adjusting well, and lila, is eating her food again.
we are thankful for the bountiful life given us through one another, and our wonderful pets.
we are thankful that einstein has come to enrich all of our lives, and this includes my daughter, lial, and our 3 cats who had trouble adjusting after we lost viggo. einstein is keeping them on their toes, and they are keeping him on his.
I am truly thankful for the support of friends. My family and relatives love to cook and eat together; unfortunately, they don’t eat healthy foods at all. It’s extremely difficult to eat with them because they rarely eat fresh vegetables, or other healthy foods. I am blessed to have a small group of friends who share the same eating lifestyle as myself, and who I can share recipes with.
I am thankful for amazing friends and family!
I’m thankful for a wonderful family.
Oh my goodness…I love Seattle, this cookbook looks amazing, and I am thankful for so much! However, I think I am going to be cliche and say my family, because they have been so supportive in life – between a recent move, trouble in the job market, and other stresses, they are always there!