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PICKS OF THE WEEK: Grow your own food with gardening books from the BWG Library

Explore this specially curated list from Wendy, Adult Services Librarian
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This week's top picks from the BWG Library

The health benefits of eating fresh, seasonal veggies are seemingly endless, including emotional and mental health benefits.  Take advantage of the fresh produce available at the BWG Farmer’s Market with this special list of books chosen by Wendy, a gardening enthusiast and Adult Services Librarian at the BWG Library.

If you need help finding books on specific topics, like growing your own vegetables or starting an indoor garden, let the BWG Library know!  Send a message through Facebook or email [email protected] and Wendy will reach out to connect you with books and resources in our collection.  Or, if you have a book you think should be added to the collection, send your suggestion today.

How to Grill Vegetables, by Steven Raichlen

America's grilling guru offers a primer for how to grill vegetables - with lots of creative flavors and techniques - whether you're eating main dishes that highlight vegetables, or you're rounding out the barbecue menu with grilled garden-fresh sides. Not a vegetarian book, but vegetable-forward with vegetarian and vegan adaptations.

Raichlen offers a primer for how to grill vegetables, with lots of creative flavors and techniques. Whether you're eating main dishes that highlight vegetables, or you're rounding out the barbecue menu with grilled garden-fresh sides, he show how to bring live fire or wood smoke to every imaginable vegetable. This is not a strictly vegetarian book-- yes, there will be bacon!

Vegetables Illustrated, by America’s Test Kitchen

The cookbook for anyone looking for fresh, modern ways to add more vegetables to their everyday diet. . . in other words, just about all of us. This authoritative, practical, and inspirational guide could only have come from Cook’s Illustrated. Our easy-to-master techniques will broaden your vegetable horizons in endless ways. Discover reinvented versions of everyday favorites—potatoes scored 36 recipes, and broccoli, broccolini, or broccoli rabe stars in 28 recipes—and exciting introductions to everything you’d find at the farmers'-market, from fiddleheads and garlic scapes to kohlrabi and baby pattypan squash. Dive in for meaty and meat free-mains, apps, soups, pasta, even baked goods and desserts. Vegetables Illustrated has you covered for every vegetable and every season.

Asian Green, by Ching-He Huang

Asian food has always included a variety of meat and dairy free recipes. Focusing entirely on these plant- based dishes, Asian chef Ching-He Huang draws inspiration from across Asia to create simple, everyday, healthy home cooking that features protein-rich ingredients such as tofu, seitan, pulses, beans and grains. Huang is an Emmy-nominated TV chef and is the author of several cookbooks including 'Eat Clean' and 'Wok On'.

The Complete Salad Cookbook, by America’s Test Kitchen

The Complete Salad Cookbook is a game-changing compilation of foolproof salad recipes. A modern guide to preparing healthful, colorful, and fresh salad meals, this cookbook will transform the way you think about greens, fruits, vegetables, grains, and proteins. Build better salads with our innovative tips and tricks that guide you through assembling salads, storing and buying greens, and preparing dressings. Recipes incorporate unexpected toppings such as marinated tofu, pomegranate seeds, chocolate, and more (even octopus!). This multifaceted approach to salads gives you the recipes and tools you need to create satisfying salads all year long.

Make Vegetables Great Again, by Maine Kennebunkport

Make Vegetables Great Again is the go-to cookbook for making kids (and kids at heart) love their veggies! Some kids say vegetables like it's the dirtiest word they've ever heard. (Heck, some parents feel the same way!) But it doesn't have to be like that! It's time to "Make Vegetables Great Again!" 

Inside this cookbook you'll find over 100 recipes, variations, and tips and tricks for making every meal (secretly!) chock full of vegetables! Discover brilliant ideas for sneaking vegetables into kids' diets, as well as prep-ahead plans and other tricks for making mealtimes (and on-the-go mealtimes) super fun, fast, easy, and delicious! Go on, get cooking--veg-filled breakfasts, fresh lunches, healthy snacks, and happy family dinners await!