Explore the beauty and potential of fruits and vegetables with their stunning simplicity and fresh flavor in this colorful cookbook.

"The most convincing argument for eating fresh, organic, local food is discovering the peak ripeness of a fruit or vegetable at the farmer's market or in your own garden. Ripe teaches you how to choose your ingredients and cook them so their true flavor shines through." —Alice Waters, author of The Art of Simple Food

Ripe is a different kind of cookbook. Arranged by color, Ripe takes hungry readers and cooking enthusiasts on a stunning visual tour of produce, from the extremely approachable to the somewhat exotic. Lighthearted stories, spectacular photographs, and simple ingredient combinations tempt and inspire you by appealing to your senses, and your sense of play. With 150 photos and seventy-five delicious recipes, Ripe celebrates the visual beauty and culinary potential in all fruits and vegetables.

• RED: beets, blood oranges, cherries, cranberries, grapefruit, pomegranate, radicchio, radish, raspberries, red apples, red bell peppers, rhubarb, strawberries, tomatoes, and watermelon
• ORANGE: apricot, butternut squash, carrots, clementines, kumquats, mangoes, nectarines, papaya, peaches, persimmon, pumpkin, and yams
• YELLOW: banana, corn, lemon, pineapple, pomelo, squash blossoms, and yellow onions
• GREEN: green apples, artichokes, asparagus, avocado, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, celery, cucumber, edamame, fava beans, fennel, green beans, honeydew, kale, kiwi, leeks, lime, peas, spinach, Swiss chard, watercress, and zucchini
• PURPLE and BLUE: blackberries, blueberries, eggplant, figs, plums, purple cabbage, purple grapes, red leaf lettuce, and red onion
• WHITE: bosc pears, cauliflower, coconut, endive, garlic, jicama, mushrooms, parsnips, potatoes, and turnip

"A celebration of all the wonderful facets of good produce (by a person who clearly loves it). This is a beautiful cookbook full of inspiring ideas." —Heidi Swanson, author of Super Natural Every Day and 101Cookbooks.com

"Chock-full of delectable photographs that whet the appetite, this collection will tantalize and educate on the many appealing ways vegetables and fruits can nourish and sustain." —Publishers Weekly