Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit [Hardcover] Berens, Abra

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Product Overview

• Format: Hardcover

Named a Best Cookbook of Spring 2023 by Eater, Food & Wine, Vice, and more
First vegetables, then grains, and now, fruit. This is the beautiful follow-up
to Abra Berens's Ruffage and Grist, with more than 215 recipes and variations
for using fruit in sweet and savory recipes to highlight seasonality and
flavor. Pulp is a hardworking book of recipes that focuses on all the ways
fruit can enhance simple, delicious mains—for example, by elevating roasted
vegetables, garnishing soup, or adding perfume to a roasted pork or brisket.
Unlike Ruffage and Grist, Pulp is about regularly incorporating fruit to add
variety and seasonality to main dishes. Home cooks and bakers alike will
rejoice in the alternately sweet and savory recipes such as Roast Chicken over
Blueberries, Cornbread + Lemon; Melon, Cucumber + Chickpea Salad; and Rum-Plum
Clafoutis. The book also features helpful reference material, a Baker's
Toolkit, and more than 100 atmospheric photos, delivered with the can-do
attitude and accessibility of the Midwestern United States. This next generous
offering from beloved, trusted author Abra Berens is a necessary addition to
any kitchen shelf alongside its predecessors and other mainstays like Plenty,
Six Seasons, and Small Victories. THIS IS THE A TO Z OF FRUIT: The content is
deep and authoritative, but also wide-ranging, with information and recipes
for 15 different, widely accessible fruit varieties: Apples, Apricots,
Blueberries, Cherries, Drupelet Berries (blackberries, raspberries,
mulberries), Grapes, Ground Cherries (a.k.a. cape gooseberries), Melons,
Nectarines + Peaches, Pears, Plums, Quince, Rhubarb, Strawberries, and Tart
Round Fruits (cranberries, currants, gooseberries, lingonberries + autumn
olive). Pulp features only fruits that grow in the Midwestern United States,
so no bananas, passion fruit, or citrus here. CULINARY REFERENCE BOOK: Like
Ruffage and Grist before it, Pulp is a truly useful reference cookbook.
Organized by type of fruit, each chapter offers authoritative info and tips
that the home cook can use to deepen their knowledge of ingredients and
broaden their repertoire of techniques—all in the service of improving their
meals. The recipes are simple, generally quick to prepare, and use ingredients
that are easy to find and often already in your pantry. Plus, the many
variations empower home cooks to flex their creativity and trust themselves in
the kitchen. ONGOING SUCCESS: Ruffage was named a Best Cookbook for Spring
2019 by the New York Times and Bon Appétit, was a 2020 Michigan Notable Book
winner, and was nominated for a 2019 James Beard Award. Grist was named a Best
Cookbook for Fall 2021 by Eater and received a starred review from Publishers
Weekly. Here's some strong praise for both books: "Things in my kitchen have
changed since Ruffage arrived. This organized, easygoing guide to 29
vegetables offers a few cooking methods for each one, supplemented by several
variations." —Kim Severson, New York Times "[Ruffage] is a total classic in
the making."—Christina Chaey, associate editor, Bon Appétit "Crammed with
exciting ideas that encourage creativity, this lively book will quickly become
an essential item in the home cook's library."—Library Journal (starred
review) "[In Grist,] Berens encourages readers to start with ingredients
they're excited about. . . . Interspersed features highlight working farmers
and their areas of specialty, serving to illustrate issues that inform
Berens's ethics and worldview." —Booklist "[In Grist,] Berens strolls through
each category with representative methods (such as boiled, fried, and
sprouted) with an eye toward variety and versatility over 125
recipes."—Chicago Reader DISTINCTIVE: In a super-chunky package (432 pages!)
brimming with photos and accessible, delicious recipes, Pulp is not just a
reference cookbook but a beautiful one at that. The three cookbooks are
perfect for gifting together as a set to a lucky friend. Perfect
for:Recreational cooks of all skill levels, from beginners looking to master a
few dependable techniques to seasoned cooks who want recipes and strategies
for easy weeknight meals with more healthy ingredientsPlus for bakers: One
third of Pulp's content is baking recipes!Anyone looking for creative fruit
recipes or new inspiration for whole food cookingFans of Abra Berens and her
previous cookbooksGift selection for cookbook collectors and fans of Alice
Waters, Yotam Ottolenghi, Molly Yeh, and Joshua McFadden who are looking for
the next great healthy eating cookbookThe next must-have reference cookbook
for lovers of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat