Our Tasting Room and retail shop carries some of the best cookbooks out on the market today. Summer is a time when cooking is at its simplest. It is a time when fresh produce is available at its peak. Farmers Market stands are bursting with color and promise flavorful ingredients that can be served as they are without a fuss. Who wants to sit in front of a hot stove when you can be outside enjoying a BBQ and glass of wine on the patio? We just got in a large shipment of a variety of different seasonal cookbooks perfect to inspire your family’s summer menu.
The new books are listed in no particular order, but the Donna Hay Simple Essentials books are my absolute favorite.
Good Day for a Picnic
Lorna Sass’ Complete Vegetarian Kitchen
Donna Hay Simple Essentials Chicken
Donna Hay Simple Essentials Salads and Vegetables
Build a Better Burger
Summer Gatherings
Rick Stein’s Complete Seafood (step by step recipes and 550 pictures included)
Anybody can be a good cook during the summer months as long as you make sure to always use fresh ingredients. Never choose dried herbs over fresh. Take advantage of your local Farmers Market. Always use fresh cracked pepper and flavorful sea salt crystals. And quality olive oil makes more of a difference than you know. I actually heard of a great tasting room up in Los Olivos where you can taste locally grown and produced food products, olive oils grown in Los Alamos, and fruit-infused vinegars. The retail store and tasting room is called Global Gardens (www.oliverevolution.com).
Joanie Hudson, Assistant Tasting Room Manager, Santa Barbara Winery
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