The One-Block Feast: An Adventure in Food from Yard to Table

Автор: Margo True Название: The One-Block Feast: An Adventure in Food from Yard to Table Язык: English Издательство: Berkeley: Ten Speed Press Год: 2011 Формат: epub Размер: 58,8 mb Страниц: 272 Based on the James Beard Award–winning blog The One-Block Diet, this all-in-one home gardening, do-it-yourself guide and cookbook shows you how to transform a backyard or garden into a self-sufficient locavore’s paradise. When Margo True and her fellow staffers at Northern California–based Sunset magazine walked around the grounds of their Menlo Park office, they saw more than just a lawn and some gardens. Instead, they saw a fresh, bountiful food source, the makings for intrepid edible projects, and a series of seasonal feasts—all just waiting to happen. The One-Block Feast is the story of how True and her team took an inspired idea and transformed it into an ambitious commitment: to create four feasts over the course of a year, using only what could be grown or raised in their backyard-sized plot. She candidly shares the group’s many successes and often humorous setbacks as they try their hands at chicken farming, cheese making, olive pressing, home brewing, bee keeping, winemaking, and more. Grouped into gardening, project, and recipe guides for each season, The One-Block Feast is a complete resource for planning an eco-friendly kitchen garden; making your own pantry staples for year-round cooking and gifts; raising bees, chickens, and even a cow; and creating made-from-scratch meals from ingredients you’ve grown yourself. Chapters are organized by season, each featuring a planting plan and crop-by-crop instructions, an account of how that season’s projects played out for the Sunset team, and a multicourse dinner menu composed of imaginative, appealing, and ultra-resourceful vegetarian recipes, such as: Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Chard and Sage Brown Butter • Egg and Gouda Crepes • Whole Wheat Pizzas with Roasted Vegetables and Homemade Cheeses • Fresh Corn Soup with Zucchini Blossoms • Braised Winter Greens with Preserved Lemons and Red Chile • Summer Lemongrass Custards • Honey Ice Cream Generously illustrated and easy to follow, this ultimate resource for today’s urban homesteader will inspire you to take “eating local” to a whole new level. INTRODUCTION The One-Block Garden Warm-Season Planting Plan and Timeline The One-Block Garden Cool-Season Planting Plan and Timeline ESSENTIAL GARDENING GUIDELINES Before You Plant How to Plant How to Water How to Fertilize SUMMER THE STORY OF OUR SUMMER FEAST GARDEN Summer Garden Plan PROJECTS How to Raise Honeybees(and Make Honey) How to Make Cheese(Part I) Fresh Chive Cheese Oregano Queso Blanco How to Make Beer Summer Wheat Beer Belgian Abbey Ale How to Raise Chickens RECIPES Skillet-Roasted Edamame Deviled Cucumber Cups Tempura Squash Blossoms Tomato and Herb Salad with Fresh Chive Cheese Watermelon-Chile Salad Purslane-Cucumber Salad Crème Fraîche Corn Soup with Roasted Poblanos and Zucchini Blossoms ‘Trombetta’ Zucchini and Its Flowers Oven-Baked Steak Fries with Green Chile Mayonnaise Rosemary Potatoes Anna Grilled Summer Succotash Pattypan Squash with Eggs Whole-Wheat Pizzas Fresh Chive Cheese and ‘Sweet Million’ Tomato Sauce Corn and Zucchini Cherry Tomato, Ricotta, Mint, and Chile Potato, Onion, and Gouda ‘Sweet Million’ Tomato Sauce Summer Lemongrass Custards Watermelon, Cantaloupe, or Honeydew Sorbet Peppermint-Lemongrass Tisanes Summer Preserved Canned Heirloom Tomatoes Dried Herbs Dried Chiles Dried Corn Roasted Poblanos for the Freezer Slow-Roasted Tomatoes for the Freezer FALL THE STORY OF OUR FALL FEAST GARDEN Fall Garden Plan PROJECTS How to Make Wine Syrah Chardonnay How to Make Vinegar How to Make Cheese(Part II) Ricotta Fromage Blanc Feta Gouda How to Grow Mushrooms How to Make Olive Oil RECIPES Fresh Apple Cider and Applesauce Pickled Cocktail Mushrooms and Onions Quinoa Bites with Walnut Romesco Creamy Flageolet Dip with Red Pepper Sticks Roasted Spiced Butternut Squash Seeds Roasted Tomato-Fennel Soup Herb Vegetable Broth Butternut Squash and ‘Cipollini’ Onion Soup Grilled Radicchio and Fennel Salad with Apples and Toasted Walnuts ‘Scarlet Emperor’ Ragoût Stuffed Poblanos with Red Pepper Sauce Quinoa Huaraches with Egg and Parsley Salad Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Chard and Sage Brown Butter Ancho Chile–Sauced Noodles with Shiitakes and Butternut Squash Mexican Skillet Eggs Creamy Scrambled Eggs with Oyster Mushrooms Whole-Wheat Rosemary Shortbreads Walnut-Honey Crisps Honey Ice Cream Lemon-Thyme Ice Cream Sandwiches Apple Cheese Puff Butternut Squash Compote with Honey and Toasted Walnuts Homemade Butter and Buttermilk Last-Minute Pineapple Guava Preserves WINTER THE STORY OF OUR WINTER FEAST GARDEN Winter Garden Plan PROJECTS How to Make Salt How to Make Escargots(from Your Own Garden Snails) Garlic Butter Escargots How to Make Mead(Honey Wine) RECIPES Arugula and Red Butterhead Lettuce Salad with Tangerines and Hard-Cooked Eggs Wheat Berry Ciabatta Egg Cloud(Nuvolone) Featherlight Pancakes Egg and Gouda Crepes Kale Colcannon Vegetable Shepherd’s Pie Ricotta Manicotti Winter Vegetable Chowder Wheat Berry “Risotto” with Roasted Tomatoes and Broccoli Rabe Braised Winter Greens with Preserved Lemons and Red Chile Caramelized Tangerine and Ricotta Tart Tangerine Honey Flan Sticky Chewy Tangerine Marmalade Preserved Lemons SPRING THE STORY OF OUR SPRING FEAST GARDEN Spring Garden Plan PROJECTS How to Own(or Co-Own)a Dairy Cow How to Make Tea RECIPES Radishes, Fresh Homemade Butter, and Salt Favas and Ricotta on Buttermilk Crackers Gouda Gougères Carrot and Beet Chips Garden Borscht Mesclun Salad with Spring Beets and Dill Nasturtium Salad with Omelet Ribbons Whole-Leaf Radish and Herb Salad Grilled Carrot Salad Roasted Beets and Tops with Tarragon Fresh Pickled Beets(and Eggs) Five Ways with Fresh Eggs Fava Leaf and Parsley Quiche Strawberries with Fromage Blanc and Lemon Honey Strawberry Crepes Strawberry Crème Fraîche Sherbet Strawberry Lemonade A Spring Tea Party(because we could) Scone Tarts: Lemon, Strawberry, and Tangerine Clotted Cream Lemon Curd Strawberry Oven Jam Tea Sandwich Trio Egg Nasturtium Gouda Arugula Green Onion–Parsley Whole-Wheat Honey Sandwich Bread EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE ONE-BLOCK TEAM APPENDIX: Regional Planting and Harvesting Timelines for Your Own One-Block Feasts INDEX Turbobit Dfiles