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Cookbook author, Susie Middleton, will be at RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth, on Thursday, July 29th at 7 pm, demonstrating using her favorite ingredients and tools:

[2] Susie Middleton talks about one of the biggest cookbooks of the summer: FAST, FRESH & GREEN

 

Susie’s cookbook has been named one of the top cookbooks of the summer by both NPR and The Washington Post! Fast, Fresh & Green is a collection of more than 90 vegetable recipes, organized by 9 great techniques for cooking vegetables. Eight of those techniques-from quick-roasting and quick-braising to stir-frying and even no-cooking-are perfect for weeknights. The ninth technique-baking gratins-is a slower-but-worth-it idea for weekends. The recipes, which use more than 50 vegetables, are designed to be side dishes, though many can move to the center of the plate. Sample recipes include: Quick-Roasted Cauliflower with Zesty Orange-Olive Dressing; Sweet Potato “Mini-Fries” with Limey Dipping Sauce; Sauteed Sugar Snap Peas with Salami Crisps, and Stir Fried Swiss Chard with Pine Nuts and Balsamic Butter.

 

Top Ten Tool & Ingredient Tips for Making Fast, Tasty Vegetable Side Dishes:

This will be a demo using Susie’s favorite ingredients (fresh herbs, lemons, garlic, ginger, Parmigianno Regianno, etc.) and her favorite hand tools (microplane zester, julienne peeler, ceramic knife, etc.) to show folks how to add flavor to and get the most out of weeknight vegetable dishes. Tips include peeling fresh ginger with a spoon, making zucchini “ribbons” with a handheld julienne peeler, adding flavor with sweet/sour combos like balsamic vinegar and honey, and more. Susie will bring a tasting sample of her Caramelized Roasted Tomato “Sandwiches” with mozzarella and basil.

About the Author:

SUSIE MIDDLETON is a food writer, magazine consultant, chef, and recipe developer. She is the author of Fast, Fresh & Green, a collection of delicious vegetable side dishes published by Chronicle Books. Susie is the former Editor and current Editor at Large for Fine Cooking magazine. She was consulting editor for the startup of Edible Vineyard magazine in 2009, and consults for Edible Communities Publications, which now includes 62 Edible magazines nationwide.

Susie is a member of the Institute of Culinary Education’s Alumni Hall of Achievement, and has developed hundreds of recipes for publication. She lives, cooks, writes, and grows vegetables on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. She blogs about cooking and growing vegetables on her website, [3] www.sixburnersue.com, and about sustainable food on the Green Page of the Huffington Post ([4] www.huffingtonpost.com/susie-middleton).

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