The Earthbound Cook by Myra Goodman
Why eat organic? What is fennel anyway and how in the world do you slice the bulb? And, what…what should you make for dinner tonight anyway? Two kinds of clubs – the From Left to Write book club and the This Week for Dinner cooking club – have come together to form a Cookbook Club and our first selection, The Earthbound Cook, was a complete hit. We even got together IN PERSON for some potluck dinners/lunches and some good old fashioned book club chatting. Talk about a great way to try tons of dishes from one cookbook with only a little bit of work.
Silicon Valley potluck dinner. Photo by Jane Maynard, This Week for Dinner
We had a ball with this one, as you will see from all of the stories the From Left to Write bloggers are sharing today, inspired by the cookbook The Earthbound Cook by Myra Goodman, co-founder of Earthbound Farms.
{Stay tuned for an interview with author Myra Goodman later today on From Left to Write.}
- Jane Maynard from This Week for Dinner raves about her new cookbook club and encourages you to start your own
- Linsey Krolik from Me Too You has a kitchen connection
- Darryle Pollack from I Never Signed Up For This serves up some book stew
- MommyTwinGirls/Linda D from It’s Never Easy But It’s Always Fun says there is no better way to get to know a cookbook
- Jacki from The Raven’s Spell had a dream kitchen
- Stacy Libby from Laptop TV Mom shares some favorites
- Melissa B from Life with Sophia is an incidental eco-cook
- Emily from West of the Loop connected over a meal
- Nicole Pelton from Not Just a Working Mom needed guests more appreciative than her kids
- Tiffany from Lattes and Life take small steps to eat “the good stuff”
- Melanie from tales from the crib is sure that food…will bring her family together
- Kristina from Parent Grapevine is getting out of her cooking rut
- Shannon from It’s My Time to Write has a love for apples
- Lisa from Hannemaniacs wants to be an earthbound cook
- Michele Spring Fajeau from Read Out Loud says there is nothing better than closing the to-do list and opening her house to good food
- Nicki from Suddenly Single Journey devoured soup and salad
- Michelle from Honest & Truly! can’t just follow a recipe
- Bay from Queen Mother Blog wishes that eating local AND organic were easier
- Bonggamom from Finding Bonggamom likes tweaking a good recipe
- Neena from hooey!critic talks dieting, food and embracing dinner
- Tracy from Tracy’s Book Nook is carving out time in her busy life to try new recipes here and there
- Paige Bayer from Canning With Kids takes joy in eating with the seasons
- Cindy Fey from We All Fall Down thought about the fields around Todos on the Baja Peninsula as she cooked
- Eunice C. from Random Walk Down Mommy Street talks dishwashers and why she is finally(!) using hers
- Jill Asher from BlogCritics emerged form her cooking slump
- Vanessa Druckman from Chefdruck Musings is inspired by recipes and tips to live by
- Roxane from Rox and Roll confesses to being a cookbook junkie
- Elaine from Connor and Helen Grow Up! is reminded that she really likes cooking
From Left to Write / This Week For Dinner Cookbook Club Silicon Valley meetup for The Earthbound Cook
About the book:
As a busy working mom and creative cook, Myra Goodman knows how to make food taste good. And as the co-founder of Earthbound Farm, she knows how producing food sustainably can do good. Put those two things together, and you have her new cookbook, The Earthbound Cook: 250 Recipes for Delicious Food and a Healthy Planet.
In this, her second cookbook, Myra weaves all new recipes into an Earth-friendly theme from starters to seafood, meat to side dishes, breakfast to dessert. For example, there’s a chapter devoted to Vegetarian Entrées; the Vegetable and Grains Salads chapter shows imaginative ways to create tasty salads with substance; and there’s a Baking chapter full of wonderful breads, pita, and pizza.
Together with the delectable food, Myra includes easy guidance for conscientious shoppers about making eco-friendly choices at the market, plus primers on cooking methods and tools, sidebars with insightful ingredient information — and tons of Green Living tips, too.
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Visit Earthbound Farm’s website with information about The Earthbound Cook.
Visit the publisher’s website.
Purchase your *autographed!* copy of The Earthbound Cook.
Follow @earthboundfarm on Twitter.
Read about author Myra Goodman.
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