Greek Revival from the Garden: Growing and Cooking for Life
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Overview
Patricia Moore-Pastides, author of Greek Revival: Cooking for Life, heads to the garden, offering guidance on how to cultivate a healthy diet from the ground up. An accomplished cook and public-health professional, Moore-Pastides presents all new recipes focused on bringing the bounty of the garden to the table in easy and accessible ways.
The growing section provides all the information necessary for growing an exciting array of fruits and vegetables in containers, raised beds, or yard gardens. Topics include preparing the soil, composting to create organic fertilizer, watering, working with basic tools, and dealing with common pests and problems.
Greek Revival from the Garden then invites the reader into the kitchen. This section assumes little prior cooking experience and includes kitchen safety, common equipment, and cooking methods. Moore-Pastides also shares fifty mouth-watering recipes featuring your harvest of homegrown vegetables, including garden gazpacho, curried butternut squash and apple soup, and nut crusted creamy almond fruit tart.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781611171914 |
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Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press |
Publication date: | 11/12/2021 |
Series: | Young Palmetto Books |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 176 |
File size: | 13 MB |
Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
Age Range: | 12 - 17 Years |
About the Author
Patricia Moore-Pastides is the First Lady of the University of South Carolina, where she teaches healthy Mediterranean cooking classes for USC students. In addition Moore-Pastides, who earned a master's in public health from Yale University, teaches adults and children through Columbia's Cooking!, a community program offered by the university's Cancer Prevention and Control Program. As part of being an active participant in Healthy Carolina's farmers' market, she cultivates an organic vegetable garden at the President's House. Moore-Pastides also works to support sustainability initiatives on campus and lectures on wellness, specifically the health benefits of the traditional Mediterranean diet and lifestyle. She is the author of Greek Revival: Cooking for Life.
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Eating for Life: Why Food Choices Matter 1
Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, and Water ChooseMyPlate
Choosing the Traditional Mediterranean Diet
Growing for Life: Getting Started on Your Garden 13
The All-Important Soil
Enriching Your Soil
Tools Watering
Container Gardening, Raised Beds, and Yard Gardens
Dealing with Pests
My Favorite Things: Choosing Vegetables to Grow
Cooking for Life: Getting Started in the Kitchen 35
Safety First
Safe Food Handling
Great Things to Know
Equipment Needs
Cooking Terms You Should Know
Your Harvest is the Star: Fifty Recipes 47
Tomatoes
Oven-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Balsamic Vinegar and Lemon-Thyme Confetti 48
Feta, Tomato, and Dried-Oregano Pizza 51
The Purists Chunky Tomato, Mozzarelia, and Basil Pizza 52
Chunky Savory Tomato Sauce for Pasta or Pizza 53
Zesty Tomato, Kalamata Olive, and Seafood Bake 54
Tomato Salsa with a Kick 56
Classic Caprese Salad 57
Garden Gazpacho 58
Summer-Squashes
Zucchini, Almond, and Mint Pesto over Pasta 60
Oven-Baked Zucchini Frittata 62
Pure and Simple Oven-Roasted Summer Squashes 64
Chocolate Zucchini Cake 66
Eggplant and Okra
Caramelized Eggplant, Onion, and Tomato Pizza with Fresh Basil 68
Katie's Classic Eggplant Parmesan 70
Oven-Roasted Okra Fries with Dried Herbs 72
Garlic
Garlicky, Lemony Hummus 74
Sautéed Greens with Garlic over Pasta 76
Cherry Tomato and Garlic-Bread Bake 78
Beans
Butter Beans with Fresh Mint 80
Sautéed Green Beans with Ginger 82
Green Beans with Mustard Sauce 83
Greens
Broccoli Rabe and Garlic Pizza 84
Oven-Baked Kale Chips with Sesame Seeds 86
Spinach, Feta, and Dill Pies 88
Kale Soup with Butter Beans 90
Cabbage
Cabbage, Walnut, and Cranberry Salad 92
Roasted Potatoes, Red Onion, and Cabbage 94
Lettuces and Fennel
Arugula-Stuffed Fish Fillets with Fennel and Lemon 96
Radicchio and Fennel Salad with Shrimp, Avocado, Fresh Parsley, and Lime 98
Winter Squashes
Oven-Roasted Winter Squashes 101
Curried Butternut-Squash and Apple Soup 103
Butternut-Squash and Apple Soup with Autumn Spices 105
Peppers
Roasted Red-Pepper Hummus 107
Root Veggies
Sweet-Potato Puree with Buttermilk and Ginger 110
Homegrown Carrots with Yogurt Ranch Dressing 112
Zucchini-Topped Roasted Beets 114
Roasted Rainbow of Carrots 116
Fisherman's Vegetable Stew 118
Carrot and Ginger Soup 120
Roasted Winter-Vegetable Soup 122
Herbs
Parsleyed Meatballs in Cinnamony Tomato Sauce 124
The Best Basil Pesto 126
Broiled Shrimp with Garlic and Oregano 128
Tabbouleh with Herbs, Dried Fruit, and Nuts 131
Basics
Whole-Wheat Pizza Crust 132
DIY Vegetable Stock 136
Fruits
Real Fruit Sodas 138
Nut-Crusted Creamy Almond and Fruit Tart 139
Spiced Poached Pears with Creamy Yogurt and Blueberry Compote 142
Blanched Peaches 144
References 147
Index 149
What People are Saying About This
Patricia Moore-Pastides promotes a traditional Mediterranean diet—one that is high in fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, and seafood, with dairy in moderation. The simple yet innovative recipes rely on these ingredients and creative use of herbs and spices; suggestions for substitute ingredients are often provided. The result is a variety of healthy, mouthwatering dishes.
As a garden editor and lifestyle expert, I'm constantly asked what trends I see. Hands down, the biggest is vegetable gardening. This rekindled love with the land, a passion for healthier food, and the resurgence in DIY can be credited to one group in particular—fearless, inexperienced gardeners who are eager to learn. Is garden to table just another trend? No, it is here to stay, especially with advocates like Patricia Moore-Pastides, who offers irresistible enthusiasm and an enduring commitment to educating. This companion to Patricia's first book, Greek Revival: Cooking for Life, shares not only practical gardening advice, but also can-do recipes that anyone can make. Go ahead and get over the fact that the pages will become well worn. This is a book you'll reach for time and again, no matter your level of expertise.
Food can be a gift when it is scrumptious and delights our senses, and at the same time supports good health. This book offers us many such gifts.
Patricia Moore-Pastides has created an inspiring and entertaining guide for young people taking the plunge into growing their own food and then cooking it! She combines the magic and beauty of gardening with some fifty scrumptious garden-to-table recipes for beginners that will get fingers off the electronics and into the dirt.
Patricia Moore-Pastides's Greek Revival from the Garden is a new kind of book—a family cookbook—that shows adults and young adults how to grow food and how to transform it into delicious, nutritious meals. Here are superb Mediterranean-inspired recipes and instructions for growing that are reassuring and expert. But more than simply a cookbook or a gardening primer, it's a guide to living more fully, more completely, in today's kitchens.