Eat Your Roses: ...Pansies, Lavender, and 49 Other Delicious Edible Flowers

by Denise Schreiber

Overview

In Eat Your Roses, author and award-winning cook Denise Schreiber introduces 52 of her favorite edible flowers, their culinary uses and special “sense appeal, showcasing 50-plus mouth-watering recipes – from appetizers to desserts to fragrant liqueurs. This full-color illustrated gift book balances edible flower history and lore with proper handling and preparation techniques. Eat Your Roses shows us how to look beyond the veggie patch for great food ideas, and check out our flowerbeds. Hardcover with concealed wire binding.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781943366439
Publisher:	St. Lynn's Press
Publication date:	04/20/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	104
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Denise Schreiber is a horticulturist and Greenhouse Manager for the Allegheny County Parks system (9 regional parks in the Pittsburgh area). She is a highly visible speaker and educator at local garden clubs, civic groups and parks-affiliated events. Each July she stages The Edible Flowers Food Fest, the largest event of its kind in Western PA. Her other persona is as “Mrs. Know-it-All,” a regular guest expert on the popular Sunday morning radio show, The Organic Gardeners, with 65,000 listeners(KDKA Pittsburgh). Denise is also a columnist for a number of regional garden and lifestyle magazines.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction
 
Rules for eating edible flowers
 
What flowers are non-edible?
 
Gathering edible flowers & preparing them for use
 
50 Edible flowers (who’s who and what to do with them)
 
Recipes
Butters
Sugars & Syrups
Drinks
Accents
Appetizers, Savories & Side dishes
Soups
Salads
Entrees
Desserts
 
Resources
 
Index
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Author

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Eat Your Roses is filled with fascinating recipes to turn beautiful garden blooms into surprising and unforgettable dishes. Be sure to try the pineapple guava smoothie.”

Doug Oster, author of Tomatoes Garlic Basil

Editorial Reviews

“Eat Your Roses is filled with fascinating recipes to turn beautiful garden blooms into surprising and unforgettable dishes. Be sure to try the pineapple guava smoothie.”

Doug Oster, author of Tomatoes Garlic Basil

From the Publisher

http://www.nwitimes.com/lifestyles/home-and-garden/edible-flowers-beyond-a-pop-of-color-flowers-bring-big/article_2371d1a4-62ca-5f24-aa89-739208514a5a.html

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