The Nourished Kitchen Cookbook Review
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When we were running the family catering business, we often repeated the phrase, “The eyes eat first” – meaning that our food had to look good as well as taste good. “The Nourished Kitchen: Farm-to-Table recipes for the Traditional Foods Lifestyle” is a feast for the eyes as well as an inspiration to savor traditional recipes with a modern twist. I have the pleasure of receiving a review copy as we head into the perfect time to experiment with these farm to table options.
The Nourished Kitchen cookbook is written by Jennifer McGruther of www.nourishedkitchen.com, an award winning traditional foods website. Her years of managing a farmers market and teaching traditional food preparation shine through in this beautiful new book.
What’s in the book?
The book is divided into eight chapters with 160 recipes, plus a glossary, resources, a listing of food advocacy groups and measurement conversion charts. The chapters include:
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- From the garden, featuring salads and seasonal vegetables
- From the pasture, featuring milk, cream and eggs
- From the range, featuring pasture-raised chicken and poultry, grass-fed meats, pasture-raised pork, offal and bones
- From the water, featuring “finfish” – including roe, and shellfish
- From the fields, featuring flours, grains and beans
- From the wild, featuring wild fare from greens and mushrooms to pheasant and venison
- From the orchard, featuring fruit, nuts and honey
- From the larder, featuring fermentation and preserving in oil and vinegar
Recipes focus on seasonal cooking of locally available foods, and are based on the Weston A. Price traditional foods diet. You won’t find pre-packaged products assembled into “recipes”. This cooking starts with real food. Jenny offers detailed cooking instructions, and also provides insight into why and how the recipes were created. There are charts and gorgeous full colored photos sprinkled throughout the text.
At times “The Nourished Kitchen” reminds me of the work of Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) and Barbara Kingsolver (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life) in the way it examines the history and the ethics of food. It is more than just a recipe book – it tells a compelling story that makes you want to be a part of it. If you just want to cook great food from your garden or farm market finds, you can use it for that, too, but you’ll be missing out. 🙂
how have you found out about good reliable local farms to you besides word of mouth?? we’re moving and i have no idea where to start with finding local food!
Wisconsin has a farm fresh atlas with a map of local producers. You may be able to find something similar in your area.
As a beginner, I can use all the help I can get!
I love to eat real food. But i have an VERY busy 18 month old. I swear I just don’t have the time to cut veggies! We manage plenty of fruits, but I have a hard time with veggies. Do you have any time saving tips? Thanks!
Check out the site Momables. Lots of great time saving food tips for busy moms.
This looks like a great book!
Would love to win a copy! It’s in my amazon cart as we speak…thanks for the chance.
This book looks fabulous! I have been reading the nourished kitchen blog for a few months, but this book is lovely!
I love your blog. This book looks so interesting. I can’t wait to check it out!
My husband and I have been converting to “real food” cooking for most of the last year. This cookbook looks beautiful and filled with recipes that I can’t wait to try.
love your recipes
I’m interested in learning how to use ‘perennial’ onions, please.
You should be able to use perennial onions much the same as standard onions or shallots.
I can’t think of a question but I’m always looking for new ideas & recipes to cook seasonally =). Thanks for the giveaway!
I really appreciate a review that tells me something other reviews haven’t done: how the book is structured. I already knew that I wanted this book, but this review gives me a better idea of what’s in the book. This is the way I cook, and NourishedKitchen.com is already one of my mainstay recipe sources. Brava, brava all around!
Your book is on my wish list!
I enjoy reading everything you post thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us!
Eeekkkk!!! This would be so great! I wish you had a “love” button for this 🙂
And nice to find your awesome blog too!
this book looks awesome, would love to add it to my ever growing collection of ‘good cooking’ cookbooks
thanks
Stacy
Would absolutely love this book! Living life the way we were meant to! ;]
pick me 😉
I would LOVE to win a copy of this book!
Thanks for a wonderful opportunity to win a book I’ve been wanting.
I love all the nourished kitchen recipes posted on facebook! Im a new vegan & id love for this to be my first vegan cookbook!
Just a warning, the book is not vegan. There are many recipes for animal based products.