Given this, I have been cooking and baking, but haven't taken many pictures! So instead, today will be a giveaway day. The nice people at Harper Collins Publishers sent me two copies of Emeril Lagasse's Farm to Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh (disclaimer, I received these for free).
According to Harper Collins:"In this extraordinary new book, Emeril Lagasse continues his lifelong commitment to using fresh, local ingredients in his restaurants and home kitchen. Farm to Fork is his guide to help you explore the great local bounty through fifteen flavorful chapters. Fill your basket with the ripest ingredients from every season and dig into delicious recipes such as Sweet Potato Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter, Cheesy Creole Tomato Pie, Honey-Brined Pork Chops with Nectarine Chutney, and Rhubarb Strawberry Crisp. "
The pictures in the cookbook are beautiful:
and the recipes sound and look amazing:
I can't wait to make so many of the recipes including the Crostini with Ricotta and Spring Peas, the Corn, Tomato and Lobster salad, Braised Pinto Beans and the Cheesy Creole Tomato Pie. Reviews to come!
Do you want to win this cookbook? Leave a comment on this post by Sunday, May 30 at noon with your favorite farmers market find. A winner will be randomly choosen and announced on Monday!
Dried cherries in any Northern Michigan farmers market - they can't be beat!
ReplyDeleteWow, the cookbook looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteMy latest favorite is the local strawberries. They've been amazing, every time.
My favorite find is local raw honey.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Looks like a great book :). I LOVE fresh peaches from the farmers market. The taste and smell is divine!
ReplyDeleteI am in love with fresh tomatoes! They haven't come to our farmer's market yet, but I am patiently waiting. :)
ReplyDeleteSweet potato ravioli sounds amazing! My favorite farmer's market find are white peaches :)
ReplyDeleteThe cookbook looks beautiful, thanks for the chance! My favorite is the local strawberries!
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I love fresh tomatoes :) Those are the best!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite find was asian pears. Had never heard of them before but when I bit into them I wish I had. So good!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGet well soon, Josh!
ReplyDeleteBook looks great, Erica! My favorite find is fresh basil!
Hi Erica! I'm glad everything is ok with Josh....
ReplyDeleteMy favorite would be local honey. We stock up in the summer!
Great giveaway - fingers crossed!
emeril has some very involved, yet delicious recipes i'd like to try! :)
ReplyDeleteI love finding unique jams and jellies at local farmer's markets! :)
ReplyDeleteThe cookbook looks amazing! I would love to dig into that!~
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear Josh is recovering well--I am sure he doesn't mind having such a nice nurse either :-) I don't have any of Emeril's cookbooks, so it'd be great to add one to my collection. I'd have to say sweet corn is my fav to get during the summer at the farmer's market. Enjoy your Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteWell of course any farmers market produce is always a good find, but I love also finding new jams and butters at the market. They are always so unique, fresh, and homemade!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad his surgery went well! Now he can hopefully be well into his recovery for this weekend. :-)
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great cookbook! Hmmmm - fave farmer's market find would have to be fresh berries. Any kind of berry!
My farmers market has the best hummus in the world, feta Red Pepper!
ReplyDeleteI can't get enough of fresh okra down here in the south! Cut it up, pan fry it with cornmeal, and you've got a serious treat. Yum!
ReplyDeleteSo far my fave has been those purple potatoes. I can't get over how gorgeous they were. Have fun nursey nursey!
ReplyDeleteI love getting fresh herbage at the farmers market. Fresh basil especially...
ReplyDeleteI found a small organic farmer in the back of my local farmers market that has the most amazing strawberries AND they are two bucks cheaper than the main organic farmer.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing I've found in the local farmers market is walnuts. They are hand picked and without shells so it's a time saver for me and I'm supporting the locals!
ReplyDeleteawwww you're such a good wifey! i think josh needs to take you to a fancy pants dinner as soon as he gets better ;)
ReplyDeletei want this cookbook just because i need some good summer reading! haha and the fact that i just bought emril's horseradish mustard should put me in the forefront haha
I just love all the fresh veggies at a farmers market! Rainbow chard, kale, rutabaga, etc.
ReplyDeleteI love finding fresh blackberries at my local farmer's market:)
ReplyDeleteOur farmer's market sells the most AMAZING goat cheese...and they give lots of free samples ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear that Josh is doing well!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are strawberries and tomatoes. So much better than store bought.
ReplyDeleteOoOoOoOoOoO I want! BAM! ...does he still "BAM"?
ReplyDeleteFresh peaches and (of course) gourmet candies at the Pearl Farmer's Market here in SATX!
I love when I can get fresh eggs at the Farmer's Market - like I did today!
ReplyDeleteI love fresh cucumbers from the farmers market and then making them into pickles.
ReplyDeletefiddleheads!!
ReplyDeleteAnything local is so much more delicious to me! But I love to get local tomatoes and strawberries.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite are local FL oranges. I would love to win the book:)
ReplyDeleteOh man, I really hope Josh is ok!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite Farmer's Market find has to be rhubarb - I'd never cooked with it before and it opened my eyes up to all sorts of delicious recipes!
Multi Colored Beets!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a great cookbook! We ate at his restaurant in NOLA!
ReplyDeleteawesome, i'd love that book!
ReplyDeletei LOVE corn on the cob from farmers markets, oh gosh i could eat that stuff all day!
I found mini sweet peppers once! So good and not hot at all, they look like jalapano peppers. Sadly I've never found them again:(
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous giveaway! Right now my favorite farmers market find has to be bok choy & fresh cheese (couldn't pick just 1?!)
ReplyDeleteI love tomatoes from the farmers market. So fresh!
ReplyDeleteGlad Josh is recovering well so far:)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to find at the Farmer's Market is different veggies! I love finding the not-so-conventional greens that I can't find in my grocer:)
i love the homemade breads and bakery goods. nothing more authentic.
ReplyDeleteand i love love emeril! every time my family travels, our first question is 'is there an emeril restaurant near by?' hah
local, homemade breads and baked goods. i go crazy when i find that stuff!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome book! I am a strawberry girl forever (:
ReplyDeleteI love the baby salad greens from my local farmer's market. They are the best!!
ReplyDeleteSo glad Josh's surgery went well, Erica!! :) I'm sure you are an AWESOME nurse ; )
ReplyDeleteFEEL BETTER JOSH!!!!!
ReplyDeleteand to you, Erica, I know what it's like playing nursemaid to a man. They are horrible patients. hang in there babe :)
Enter me. I always want more books!
Very nice giveaway...I love Emeril :) I love when I go to my local farmer's market and find beautiful fresh basil in a giant bag, makes me so happy!
ReplyDeleteEmeril is actually one of those celebrity chefs I know nothing about! I'm so curious about what his book is like :) Apples in the fall are always the best fresh from the orchard
ReplyDeleteMy husband would LOVE that book! We are big local food eaters, and we have even looking into some food co-ops in Spokane, and we haven't even moved there yet!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that Josh is on the mend. My favorite find is the fresh peaches from a farm near my house.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see this book! My fav farmers market find is locally made cheese. It's hard to find here, so when the cheese vendor showed up, it made my day! I also get pretty pumped about weird looking veggies, yellow beets, purple carrots, purple broccoli...I could go on.
ReplyDeleteGlad Josh's surgery went well. This book sounds great. It's so hard to think of my favorite thing at the farmers market as that varies weekly. Right now...asparagus!
ReplyDeleteI love finding fresh berries. They always taste amazing. And I also love it when I come across amazing homemade chocolate treats -- especially when they're offering free samples! ;)
ReplyDeleteOoo! I would LOVE to have this cook book! My favorite find is definitely the fresh tomatoes!!
ReplyDeletePeppers! There is a guy who sells HUGE red, yellow, orange, green, purple peppers for 25 cents. We buy boxes and roast them and put them in the freezer. Great giveaway. Hope you are having a good week:)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite find is local blueberries or local honey :-)
ReplyDeleteI love getting fresh local cheese. But my boyfriend and I did just have some goat that we purchased at last weekends FM that was pretty tasty!
ReplyDeleteI love getting fresh local cheese. But my boyfriend and I did just have some goat that we purchased at last weekends FM that was pretty tasty!
ReplyDeletei LOOOVE FARMERS MARKETS! best thing I have found was local raspberry honey mustard! it was out of this world and they made a ton of other flavors as well! I have alsio found some amazing local cheeses from local dairies which were out of this world!!
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway erica!
What a great giveaway! I love Emeril, and love that he has a cookbook devoted to farm to fork practices.
ReplyDeleteMy farmer's market has great goat cheese!
ohhhh i would love this cookbook. emeril is one of the whole reasons i create the way i create! he has inspired me over the many many years.
ReplyDeleteglad josh is ok. i was just diagnosed with tennis elbow and might have to get cortisone shots in the elbow not fun. how did he get floating pieces? from what or what caused it?
anywho, i think the best thing i found from a farmers market was this peach crumble coffee cake. it was amazing, with fresh peaches of course and mile high pile of peaches. so good, i've tried to recreate it at home.
have a WONDERFUL holiday weekend girlee!!
My favorite find was the best medjool dates!
ReplyDeletefantastic giveaway! I love everything in the farmer's market but strawberries are definitely up there!
ReplyDeletehave a great weekend.
ReplyDeletehere's hoping Josh is wayyy on the proverbial mend and can send some TLC *your* way :)
Carla
Yay! I love Emeril...
ReplyDeleteRight now I am loving the local asparagus. It is soooo fat and juicy and flavorful! Love!
Hope your hubby recovers fast! :)
My hubs had that exact surgery several years ago. Old baseball and golf injuries. Hope he's feeling better!
ReplyDeleteAny fresh veggies are my fave!
I want to make that cilantro pesto!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite farmer's market find is cherries! They are never as good when you buy them from the store!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun cookbook! :)
Sadly, I can only get my favourite find back home, almost 900 miles away - fiddleheads!
ReplyDeletepretty much anything from the farmer's market is amazing to me, but i'm loving the jersey blueberries right now! have a wonderful weekend, girl!
ReplyDeleteCherries for sure!!!! YUM
ReplyDeletei think i may be too late on this, but my new local find is this bakery that makes the BEST vegan scones!!!
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