Featured in Epicurious, Chowhound, SF Chronicle, and nominated for a 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Cookbooks
Nourish Me Home features 125 recipes in 6 chapters that pay homage to the seasons and the elements of water, fire, air, and ether.
The curious, creative, fearless Cortney Burns—formerly of Bar
Tartine—is back with a personal cookbook project about nostalgia,
immigration, and her own uniquely delicious recipes
Cortney Burns's cooking always includes layered flavors and textures, surprising ingredients, and healthful twists,
and her recipes range from weeknight turn-tos such as salads, soups,
and vegetable-forward mains to the homemade liqueurs and ferments she's
famous for.
• Teaches readers how to convert their own
experiences and sense of place into kitchen inspiration and development
of a personal cooking style
• Recipes cover mains to drinks and desserts to condiments, such as sauces and pickled fruits
• Complete with hand-drawn illustrations and 100 vibrant photographs
As in Bar Tartine,
the pantry of preserved foods forms the backbone of this cookbook,
adding all the physical and mental health benefits of fermented foods
and streamlining cooking.
The focus here is on healthy,
vegetable-forward recipes, emphasizing techniques for turning proteins
into side dishes or seasonings, rather than the main event.
• A groundbreaking project that connects seasonal cooking to raising one's personal vibration
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Perfect for home cooks, those dedicated to mindfulness, fans of Cortney
Burns and Bar Tartine, foodies, professional chefs, and restaurateurs
• Add it to your collection of books like Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat, Six Seasons by Joshua McFadden, and Dining In by Alison Roman
Nourish Me Home is a rustic, earthy, and primeval collection of recipes by Cortney Burns. Due out 26th June 2020 from Chronicle Books, it's 304 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.
The introductory chapter is followed by the recipes arranged thematically: soups and stews root vegetables and "earthy" recipes, eggs poultry meat, preserved and fermented staples for the larder (the most useful chapter for my family) along with spice blends/salts/herbs, sweets, and tonics and other concoctions. Each of the recipes includes an introductory description, ingredients listed in a bullet point sidebar (US measurements, with metric equivalents in parentheses), and step by step instructions. Many of the recipes are photographed, and they are photographed well and clearly. Serving suggestions are attractive and appropriate.
The recipe ingredients themselves include quite a number of difficult to source or foraged ingredients. This is not an instantly usable cookbook for family cooks. It's quirky and "out there" (in a good way, I think). It includes an index and ingredients list. The emphasis on seasonal eating is interesting and philosophically appealing.
This would be a great selection for folks who like to experiment in the kitchen and seek spiritual connections to food and mealtimes. The emphasis is on fresh wholesome quality ingredients and simple preparation and presentation.
Four stars, worth a look for adventurous cooks.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
