Want to know where the inspiration for recipes on Minnesota Locavore come from? These are the cookbooks in my kitchen right now. I’ve tested many of the recipes and not only are they are the easiest to adapt to the local ingredients I have available, they taste great too! Below you’ll also find my “wish list” of all the local food cookbooks I’ve browsed through and would LOVE to own. As per usual, my want-it list is longer than the own-it list!
On my shelf
Vegetarian/Vegetables
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, Mark Bittman
Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch, Nigel Slater
The St. Paul Farmers Market Produce Cookbook
General/All-Purpose Cooking
Betty Crocker (Bridal Edition)
Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book
Canning/Preserving
The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest, Carol W. Costenbader
Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving
Baking
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François
King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking
Other
Home Cheese Making: Recipes for 75 Delicious Cheeses, Ricki Carroll
On My Wish-List
The Northern Heartland Kitchen, Beth Dooley
Super Natural Every Day, Heidi Swanson
Super Natural Cooking, Heidi Swanson
The Minnesota Table: Recipes for Savoring Local Food throughout the Year, Shelley N. C. Holl
The Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook, Renewing the Countryside
A Cook’s Tour of Minnesota, Ann L. Burckhardt
Canning for a New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry, Liana Krissoff
Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round, Marisa McClellan
Urban Pantry: Tips and Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable and Seasonal Kitchen, Amy Pennington
Trout Caviar: Recipes from a Northern Forager, Brett Laidlaw
The Splendid Table’s How to Eat Weekends, Lynne Rossetto Kasper
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Barbara
Love the list! I, too, love to read cookbooks like they are novels! I have quite a few of the same books you do as well as a bunch on your wishlist. I’ve got my own wishlist of books and I’ll be putting some of yours on my wishlist. Thanks for the info. I am so enjoying your blog! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into it!!
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