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plumpgirlsworld
I love that we're in a vegetable revolution in this country. The people leading it are the same people who have been talking about vegetables for 30 years. Deborah Madison's "Vegetable Literacy" is beautifully written and obsessively researched, a full college course of botany lessons weaved between approachable recipes. Likewise Alice Waters, in "The Art of Simple Food II," reaches into her wheelhouse and does what she does best: seasonal, intuitive recipes that anybody can make. There's a focus on gardens and the edibles we grow there, but the book is valuable for city folk, too. On the other side of the spectrum is David Kinch's "Manresa," which distills his California restaurant into a lush, richly illustrated book. This is the opposite of simple food???detail-oriented, special-occasion stuff???but it's true to who Mr. Kinch is as a chef and the food he's quietly been perfecting for over a decade. Practice makes perfect???a perfect book, anyway.