Salad Love: Crunchy, Savory, and Filling Meals You Can Make Every Day
Salads take the spotlight in this visually arresting cookbook that showcases a year's worth of weekday recipes so exciting you'll want to eat salads every day.
At the request of his co-workers who were constantly admiring his lunches, David Bez started the photo-driven blog Salad Pride, embarking on a year-long challenge to create one new salad every day. The blog instantly gained popularity for its creative salads that require no special cooking skills. The cookbook Salad Love pairs his vibrant photographs with accompanying recipes arranged around seasonal produce.
Recipes include Egg, Asparagus, Croutons, and Pecorino for Spring; Crabmeat, Avocado, Nori, and Cucumber for Summer; Kale, Raspberries, and Blackberries for Fall; and Manchego, Dried Apricots, Fennel, and Radicchio for Winter. Many salads in the book require only a cutting board and a knife, so lunches can be made fresh at your desk. With an emphasis on fresh, whole foods, and innovative flavor combinations, these salads truly excite and inspire.
MY REVIEW: Author David Bez is a designer, not a chef, and he doesn't so much create recipes as he does combine marvelous mixes of ingredients to concoct sumptuous, satisfying salads. His gorgeous book, "Salad Love", has a clean, linear look that explodes with color from the beautiful salads featured on almost every page. Believe me, those food photos are fork-ready, and they are guaranteed to inspire you to think green and eat fresh. David wanted to incorporate food that is "healthy, fresh, tasty, and quick" into meals that would invigorate and energize him in body and mind. The results of his experiments are fabulous salads like these: "Mozzarella, Cherry Tomatoes & Spinach"; "Strawberries, Melon & Almonds"; "Oak-Smoked Cheddar, Peaches & Blueberries; "Roast Beef, Beet, Pomegranate & Orange Zest"; "Red Grapes, Celery & Walnuts"; "Apple, Celery, Walnuts & Pomegranate Seeds"; "Ham, Roasted Potatoes, Carrot & Dried Cranberries"; "New Potatoes, Peas & Red Lettuce". Each salad recipe is accompanied by a very simple to put together salad dressing. The salads are grouped by seasons, and dietary types are indicated, but the recipes do not include nutritional breakdowns. The time spent in the preparation of these lovely meals is time well-spent, indeed.
Book Copy Gratis Clarkson Potter Publishers via Blogging for Books
David Bez
"I love salads and it hurts me when they are treated just as a sad and unsexy side dish. Salads can be creative and balanced, healthy and tasty, a fulfilling meal. They can help you lose weight or just stay in shape. At the same time, they can also help you to maintain a healthy heart and to avoid serious diseases, as recent studies suggest (such as The China Study). I try to give salads the importance they deserve, as a complete and delicious course. I hope my salads can inspire others to try them and enjoy a healthy diet, as I do."
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