Anyone who loves good food lovingly prepared with a gourmet flair from fresh wholesome ingredients will love this collection of innovative and inspired recipes. Anyone interested in environmentalism will love the book's attention to safe, sane sustainable agriculture and aquaculture. Anyone who harbors a passion for both great food and environmentalism will find this required reading.

Husband and wife chefs Stein and Hinds own the highly acclaimed Peerless Restaurant in Ashland, Oregon. The restaurant and the team's book advocates seasonal, organic and natural ingredients. This is just as much a tutorial on environmentally friendly eating practices as it is a cookbook. Sprinkled throughout the book are informative mini-lessons that will help you make responsible food choices that are also of the highest quality. The authors make compelling cases for eating in a sustainable way, without ever preaching. Beyond fascinating reading you'll know how to turn knowledge into action by making delicious food choices that also help your planet, your country and your own local community.

Eating from The Sustainable Kitchen is not only good for the planet, it's good for your health. You'll use the freshest locally grown and raised organic ingredients. And lest you think you'll have to sacrifice taste to eat from a Sustainable Kitchen, think again. The recipes are world class fare that will impress the pickiest of gourmets.

While natural ingredients are used, this is not a "health food" cookbook filled with sparse fare that leaves you hungry ten minutes after the meal is over. The recipes use real meats, seafood, produce, oils, vinegars and dairy products to create truly memorable dishes that will awe and impress as much as they nourish. Each of the recipe chapter is divided seasonally, so it's easy to look for recipes that use ingredients you can get fresh and in season.

Chapters include: The Concepts of Sustainable Cuisine; Notes to the Cook; Basics; Appetizers and Side Dishes to Stimulate the Palate; Soups and Salads to Expand Your Cravings; Seafood Entrees - Sublime Recipes from Oceans, Rivers and Seas; Game, Meat and Poultry Entrees - Natural Meat Dishes from Forests and Farms; Vegetarian Entrees - The Bounty of the Fields and Gardens; Desserts to Complete Your Experience; Preserving the Harvest; Matching Food and Wine; Metric Conversion Tables; and Sources and Information.

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