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Join Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko, proprietors of the award-winning Inn Serendipity, as they launch a return to our roots of independence, self-sufficiency and frugality, blended with the spice of modern living. Farmstead Chef whips up a quirky, homespun tale of how we can eat well, nourish our bodies, and restore the planet. Rediscover the benefits of homegrown and homemade cooking, preserving the harvest, stocking the pantry, all while building community.
From breakfasts to mouth-watering desserts, Farmstead Chef showcases the creative and budget-friendly side to eating lower on the food chain more often while taking responsibility for the food we put into our bodies—by growing it, sharing it and savoring it. Recipes include:
- Zucchini Feta Pancakes
- Winter Squash Fritters
- Herb-infused Spare Ribs
- Strawberry Dessert Pizza
- Homemade Graham Crackers
After your meal, pull up a chair and enjoy inviting slice-of-life “Kitchen Table” features, such as interviews with local food heroes and visionaries transforming our food system. Farmstead Chef also shares tips practical cooking tips and lively short essays inspired by John and Lisa’s organic, self-reliant homestead and bed & breakfast. This fully illustrated cookbook will show you how to reconnect with nature through food, especially when shared with friends.
Praise for Farmstead Chef
“Farmstead Chef stirs up revolution, moving us back into the kitchen, our home gardens and local farmers markets. It captures the renaissance of homemade and homegrown cooking where key ingredients include fresh, seasonal and local food along with a deep-rooted conviction that our every bite can make a difference in transforming our world.” —Nell Newman, Co-founder and President of Newman's Own Organics
“This book put a big smile on my organic farmer face. Why? With playful people like Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko kissing off corporate America, the serious nature of taking back our food supply becomes a belly-laugh, belly-full party that even the most skeptic will want to attend. For good food and good laughter, Farmstead Chef is the place to be.” —MaryJane Butters, publisher of MaryJanesFarm
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781550924916 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | New Society Publishers |
| Publication date: | 09/17/2021 |
| Series: | Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 259 |
| Sales rank: | 1,028,656 |
| File size: | 7 MB |
About the Author
Lisa Kivirist is an innkeeper of the nationally recognized Inn Serendipity Bed & Breakfast, completely powered by the wind and the sun. With her husband, John, Lisa co-authored the award-winning book ECOpreneuring as well as Rural Renaissance.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Breakfast Entrées
Farming without Fossil Fuels
Curing Your Summertime Culinary Rut
Kitchen Table Talk: Delivering the Diverse Tastes of the Seasons: Jai and Joel Kellum, King's Hill Farm, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Just Can It: Preserving the Harvest
2 Breads
Kneading Sustainability
Sprouting Hope with Your 100-foot Diet
Sun Oven Cuisine: Cooking Unplugged
Kitchen Table Talk: Follow Your Seed: Roger Doiron, Kitchen Gardeners International, Washington, DC
3 Soups
Our Food. Our Farm. Our Rules
Kitchen Table Talk: Eat It, To Save It: Chef Poppy Tooker, host of WWNO's Louisiana Eats! and author of Crescent City
Farmers Market Cookbook, New Orleans
Carpe Diem: Seize and Savor the Potluck's Flavors
Becoming a Local Forager
4 Sides, Sauces and Salads
Nature's Ponzi Scheme
Food Fight: Becoming a Victory Garden Grower
Kitchen Table Talk: Eating Local in an Invisible Way: Todd and Jordan Champagne, Happy Girl Kitchen, Pacific Grove, California
5 Nibbles (Appetizers)
Small Bites, Big Change
Kitchen Table Talk: Feeding the Mind, Heart and Soul: Chef Bryant Terry, Oakland, California
Eggs-cellent: Hens in the Henhouse
Organic Eating on a Dime
6 Main Dishes
A Declaration of Food Interdependence
Kitchen Table Talk: Back to the Landers: Maple Trees and Mentoring, Phil and Judy Welty, Welty's Sugar Bush, Browntown, Wisconsin
Kitchen Table Talk: Meet Your Meat Maker: Beth and Jody Osmund, Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm, Ottawa, Illinois
7 Cakes, Pies and Sweets
Artisanal Eating, Cooking and Living
Kitchen Table Talk: Changing the Future of Food, Slice by Slice, Nancy Vail and Jered Lawson, Pie Ranch, Pescadero, California
8 Drinks
Sipping Peace
Farm Chicks for Change: Four Ways Women Instigate an Agriculture Revolution
Kitchen Table Talk: Shovel Ready — Young Farmers Back in the Fields: Severine von Tscharner Fleming, The Greenhorns, Hudson Valley, New York
9 Liam's Favorites and Pantry Stocking
Connecting the Dots to Homemade
Stock up on Convenience: Farmstead Pantry Checklist
Kitchen Table Talk: Culinary Community Activists Hosting Soup Nights, The Carus Family, Monroe, Wisconsin
Recipe Index
Index
About the Authors
What People are Saying About This
" Farmstead Chef stirs up revolution, moving us back into the kitchen, our home gardens and local farmers markets. It captures the renaissance of homemade and homegrown cooking where key ingredients include fresh, seasonal and local food along with a deep-rooted conviction that our every bite can make a difference in transforming our world." — Nell Newman, Co-founder and President of Newman's Own Organics
"With farmers finally emerging as the new rock stars, Kivirist and Ivanko possess the creative talents and authenticity as growers themselves to not only connect with individual readers and eaters, but help foster a new generation of farmers who are restoring and revitalizing America." — Curt Ellis, King Corn and FoodCorps
"We need to view food as something important again, worth taking the time to seek out and to cook. I'm eager to try the recipes in Farmstead Chef — they promise a taste at once refreshing and deeply hopeful." — Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth and The End of Nature
"This book put a big smile on my organic farmer face. Why? With playful people like Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko kissing off corporate America, the serious nature of taking back our food supply becomes a belly-laugh, belly-full party that even the most skeptic will want to attend. For good food and good laughter, Farmstead Chef is the place to be." — MaryJane Butters, publisher of MaryJanesFarm
"Kivirist and Ivanko uniquely "connect the dots" between the food system and what's on your family's plate. By blending practical ideas with broader contexts, Farmstead Chef uniquely and positively challenges us to change our perspectives on the everyday act of eating, with results that are simply delicious." — Mark Muller, Director of the Food and Community Program, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
"Kivirist and Ivanko redefine traditional definitions of health. Rather than focus on deprivation, Farmstead Chef celebrates abundance and the fulfilling joy and pleasure of knowing where our food comes from and savoring every bite with those you love." — Melinda Hemmelgarn, Registered Dietician, writer, FoodSleuth Radio host
"Collaborative to the core, Kivirist and Ivanko possess an ability to connect the various grassroots organizations and efforts working toward improving our food system. This skill, enhanced by their prolific writing and engaging speaking abilities, will bring their latest book, Farmstead Chef , to a wide national reach." — Denise O'Brien, Founder, Women, Food and Agriculture Network
"Tapped into both what's growing on their farm and what's brewing on Capitol Hill, this dynamic and prolific duo represent the new face of food in America: individuals who seek connections to their food source and celebrate the potential of eating fresh, local and seasonal, one June strawberry at a time." — Aimee Witteman, Former Executive Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Washington, DC
" Farmstead Chef is compelling, practical and sumptuous. Kivirist and Ivanko prove that you can eat local, and well‚ year round, even in a four season climate." — Brian Halweil, author of Eat Here and senior fellow with the Worldwatch Institute