{"product_id":"the-vegetable-butcher-how-to-select-prep-slice-dice-and-masterfully-cook-vegetables-from-artichokes-to-zucchini-9780761180524","title":"The Vegetable Butcher: How to Select, Prep, Slice, Dice, and Masterfully Cook Vegetables from Artichokes to Zucchini","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA root-to-leaf guide to vegetable butchery, with 150 recipes. Winner, IACP Cookbook Awards for Single Subject and People's Choice.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Applying the skills of butchery to the unique anatomy of vegetables--leafy, lumpy, stalky, gnarly, thin-skinned, or softly yielding--Cara Mangini shows, slice by slice, how to break down more than 100 vegetables for their very best use in the kitchen. Here's how to peel a tomato, butcher a butternut squash, cut cauliflower steaks, and chiffonade kale. How to find the tender, meaty heart of an artichoke and transform satellite-shaped kohlrabi into paper-thin rounds, to be served as a refreshing carpaccio.\u003cp\u003eAnd then, more than 150 recipes that will forever change the dutiful notion of \"eat your veggies\"--Grilled Asparagus, Taleggio, and Fried Egg Panini in the spring; summery Zucchini, Sweet Corn, and Basil Penne with Pine Nuts and Mozzarella; and Parsnip-Ginger Layer Cake with Browned Buttercream Frosting to sweeten a winter meal. Plus everything else you need to know to enjoy modern, sexy, and extraordinarily delicious vegetables--and make the the center of the meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCara Mangini was Eataly's first official Vegetable Butcher; she is now the executive chef and owner of littleEATERY and littleEATER salads in Columbus, OH, and writes the \"Vegetable Butcher\" column for TheKitchn.com. Cara has a culinary arts degree from the National Gourmet Institute in New York City, and has partnered with acclaimed chefs and cookbook authors, working at the James Beard House and as a sous chef at New York's Culinary Loft. Before her pursuits in food, Cara attended the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and wrote about fashion for the\u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and travel for \u003ci\u003eConde Nast Traveler.\u003c\/i\u003e She spent nearly 10 years as an executive in the New York beauty and fashion industry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628810375442,"sku":"9780761180524","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5907fb81-6ccd-489d-9831-a623c8f310fc.jpg?v=1732708749","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-vegetable-butcher-how-to-select-prep-slice-dice-and-masterfully-cook-vegetables-from-artichokes-to-zucchini-9780761180524","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}