Enjoy the Fruits of Yours or Someone Else's Labor

Summertime is Beach time, BBQ and best of all Berry time. And Peaches. And Plums. And all of the wonderful fruits that are ready to be savored  fresh from the tree, preserved to enjoy this winter when you need a taste of summer and now while you relax with a favorite book. Visit us at the library and at the Lake Forest Farmers Market. We can help you "pick" just the right titles.
  The Apple Orchid Susan Wiggs Fiction  Set to inherit a one hundred acre apple orchard and to meet a half sister she's never heard of, Tess Delaney discovers a world filled with the simple pleasures of food and family.

Best Food Writing 2013  641  For a taste of the Midwest pull up to the table and tuck into these and other food related essays:  Cincinnati Five-way Chili, The Sandwich that is Chicago, Coke and Peanuts and The View from West 12th.  

50 Best Plants on the Planet Cathy Thomas  641.6578  Simple recipes for sides, breakfasts and dinners that include memory boosting blackberries, antimicrobial chili peppers and vitamin A-rich watermelon. This book is a valuable resource for cooks looking to add more fruits and vegetables to their table. Nutritional tables, tips for buying and storing food and gorgeous photographs make this book a wonderful resource.

The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook Barbara Damrosch  635
                                              Fried Walleye and Cherry Pie  641.5977
                                                      From the Great America Pie Expedition to recollections of once a week meatloaf dinners and visits to the Minnesota State fair this is a collection of heartland food stories. Humorous, nostalgic and mouthwatering essays of food, family and place.  Start your grill, shuck your fresh picked corn and get ready to enjoy celebrating Midwestern cuisine.

The Fruit Hunters  DVD 634    Travel across culture, history and geography searching for and finding ways of saving exotic and endangered fruit.

Hoosier Mama Book of Pie Paula Haney  641.8652  From sweet to savory this is a gorgeous, easy-to-use guide to make delicious pie from Chicago's nationally celebrated Hoosier Mama Pie Company.

The Orchardist Amanda Coplin  Fiction  Set in the early years of the 20th century Pacific Northwest in a landscape of plum, apricot and apple orchards this beautifully written novel tells the story of the effects of two dramatic losses played out within a strikingly beautiful landscape.

Saving the Season Kevin West  641.4
A Cook's guide to Home Canning, Pickling and Preserving.

Fruit and Lettuce Seasonal Salad

Ingredients:

·         50/50 lettuce mixture

·         Strawberries

·         Cucumber

·         Tomatoes

·         Red onion

·         Dried cranberries

·         Crumbled feta cheese

·         Walnuts

Preparation:

Cut strawberries, cucumbers, tomato and red onion into pieces and arrange on lettuce.

Add cranberries, feta cheese and walnuts.

Toss with Brianna’s Blush Wine Vinaigrette (This dressing compliments many kinds of fruit.  Add/substitute other fruits as desired.)

(submitted by Pam, Circulation)