Table of Contents
Introduction 15
How to Use This Book-And Some Things to Know 20
Glossary of Terms 24
Vegetable Cheat Sheet 27
Part 1 Condiments
Vinaigrettes, Mayos, and Dressings 34
Spice Oils and Mixtures 39
Gussied-Up Dairy 42
Herb Relishes and Flavorful Rigs 46
Pickled/Marinated Vegetables 52
Part 2 Legumes
Bean family 63
Beans, broad: lima, fava, soy 64
Boiled: bean + vegetable + flavor + texture 69
Stewed: choose your own bean adventure 73
Puréed: yemeni foul w/fry bread + harissa 76
Fresh: how to build a myriad of fresh bean salads 81
Beans, common 84
Former profile: matt berens 86
A week's worth of black beans without any boredom 95
Boiled: cranberry bean salad w/roasted carrots + mojo de ajo 99
Stewed: cannellini beans w/saffron sofrito, shaved cauliflower + tomato paprika mayo 102
Pot licker: greens + bean pot licker 109
Marinated: anchovy-garlic marinated corona beans w/arugula + beets 113
Peas, cow: black-eyed peas, crowder peas, field peas 116
Farmer profile; jerry hebron 118
Boiled: crowder pea salad w/cucumbers, tomato, herbs + anchovy vinaigrette 127
Stewed: black-eyed peas w/ham hocks and vegetables 129
Fried: accara black-eyed pea fritters 132
Chickpeas 135
Boiled: whole roasted leeks w/chickpeas, lemon vinaigrette, ricotta + chard 137
Smashed: garlic-smashed chickpeas 140
Fried: shaved summer squash w/greek yogurt, fried chickpeas + za'atar oil 143
Stewed: tomato + parsnip stew w/wilted kale 145
Flour: all the ways with chickpea flour 151
Fresh: tomato slabs w/green chickpeas, olive rig + fresh mozzarella 159
Lentils 163
Sprouted: sprouted lentils w/shaved brussels, parmesan + hazelnut rig 166
A week's worth of lentils without any boredom 168
Boiled: lentil + pecan filled acorn squash w/sage fried brown butter 171
Fried: seared eggplant + cherry tomatoes w/fried lentils + tahini dressing 175
Soup: lentil soup w/cumin, garlic, lemon + pine nuts 177
Peas, split field 183
Fried: pea breakfast fritters w/fried egg, greens + smoked yogurt 186
Soup: split pea soup w/balsamic vinegar 190
Marinated: how to build a hearty split pea salad 194
Part 3 Grains
Barley 201
Farmer profile: carl wagner 204
A week's worth of barley without any boredom 210
Bailed: roasted parsnips + endive w/mornay sauce + barley 215
Risotto-ed: barley, risotto-ed 218
Flour: barley pancakes 222
Flour: barley thumbprint cookies 224
Flour: barley doughnuts soaked in marigold syrup 226
Buckwheat 229
Boiled: seared chicken thighs w/buckwheat, smashed cucumbers + tajin oil 233
Sprouted: buckwheat w/dried cherries + hazelnuts over warm parsnip puree 236
Fried: roasted sweet potatoes w/fried buckwheat + harissa 241
Flour: buckwheat crepes 243
Corn 249
Boiled: corn porridge w/mushroom cream -sauce + spinach 255
What to do with leftover grits 258
Flour: all-corn cornbread w/jalapenos, peaches + ricotta 261
Flour: spoon pudding w/pork chops + cabbage salad 264
Flour: hoecakes w/fresh mozzarella, tomato + soybeans 267
Hominy: paprika-honey country ribs w/hominy + lemon parsley mojo 269
Popcorn: ck special pop 273
Oats 277
Porridge: cut oatmeal w/brown sugar, heavy cream + salt 283
Pan fried: crispy gnoatcchi w/cherry tomatoes, creamed mozzarella + mint almond relish 287
Baked: savory granola 291
Baked: mollies granola 293
How to build a myriad of granola-topped dishes 294
Flour: oatmeal-encrusted perch w/tomato, cucumber + feta salad 296
Milk: oat milk base recipe 301
Rice family 303
Rice, basmati and Jasmine 304
Farmer profile: rachel roche 307
Boiled: boiled + buttered rice w/seared chicken thighs + green salad 311
Marinated: rice salad w/marinated eggplant, tajin oil + broccolini 315
Crisped: crisped rice w/carrots, chickpeas + mojo de ajo 318
Porridge: savory rice porridge w/cheddar, chicken stock + greens 323
Porridge: sweet rice porridge w/dried cherries + five spice 324
Milk: horchata base recipe 327
Rice, risotto 330
Risotto: carte blanch risotto 334
Rice, wild 339
Farmer profile: lorry gates 341
Stewed: wild rice w/seared salmon, fennel + salted plum salad 345
Soup: chicken + wild rice soup w/kale + tomato paprika mayo 349
Tiny seed grains 355
Boiled: braised rabbit w/tiny grains, radishes + tarragon sunflower seed rig 360
Marinated: baby beets w/marinated sorghum + smoked yogurt 364
Fried: any grain fritter base recipe 369
Sprouted: sprouted yeasted brown loaf 372
Wheat family 375
Farmer profile: Meadowlark Organics 380
Wheat berries: common, kamut, kernza, rye, spelt 387
Boiled: cucumber + parsley salad w/pickle liquid dressing 389
Flour: flaky rye + three cheese galette w/asparagus salad 392
Bulgur 396
Boiled or soaked: seared trout w/bulgur, fennel, radish + creamy mustard dressing 397
Fried: roasted carrots w/crisped bulgur, pistachios, goat cheese, pickled cherries + arugula 400
Farro 404
Boiled: matrix of farro salads 407
Risotto-ed: pork meatballs w/tomato farrisotto 411
Stewed: carrot farro stew w/lemon chamomile oil 415
Stewed: eggplant tomato farrow stew w/harissa 417
Stewed: farro stewed w/runner beans + a lot of garlic 418
Stewed: zucchini + farro stew w/paprika cumin oil 419
Flour: basic pasta ratio 420
Freekeh 426
Boiled: slow-cooked salmon w/freekeh + tahini dressing 427
Stewed: stewed freekeh + chicken w/asparagus + lemon oil 431
Sources 437
Acknowledgments 440
Index 442