Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Well-Stocked Pantry -- 2. Mastering the Basics: Methods & Recipes -- SPRING INTO SUMMER -- ASPARAGUS: A Perennial Favorite -- PEAS: Always Sweet, Always Welcome -- SPINACH: A Very Compliant Green -- SALAD GREENS: The Spring Tonic -- SALAD DRESSINGS -- HEIGHT OF THE SEASON: Spring -- EARLY TO MID-SUMMER -- BEETS: Upbeat about Beets -- BROCCOLI: A Popular Vegetable with Many Cousins -- CUCUMBERS: Think Pickles -- SNAP BEANS: You'll Never Have Too Many Once You Try Roasting Them -- SWISS CHARD: Easy, Delicious, Beautiful -- ZUCCHINI & SUMMER SQUASH: Nature's Blank Palette -- MID- TO LATE SUMMER -- ARTICHOKES: Noble Vegetables -- CELERY & CELERY ROOT: No Thriving with Neglect -- CHILES & PEPPERS: Some Like 'em Hot -- CORN: An Ancient Plant of Many Uses -- EGGPLANT: Made for the Grill -- FENNEL: A Vegetable That Deserves More Attention -- OKRA: The Garden Beauty Queen -- SHELL BEANS: They Weren't All Created Equal -- SWEET POTATOES: A Real Headliner -- TOMATOES: The Stars of Summer -- HEIGHT OF THE SEASON: Summer -- FALL INTO WINTER -- BELGIAN ENDIVES: The Basement Harvest -- BRUSSELS SPROUTS: Love 'em or Leave 'em -- CABBAGE: Speaks Many Languages -- CARROTS: Who Knew They Were So Much Better Fresh? -- CAULIFLOWER: Queen or Brat of the Garden? -- GARLIC: Planting Hope Each Fall -- JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES: They Grow Like Weeds -- KALE: A Green in Many Colors -- LEEKS: Delicate Members of the Onion Family -- ONIONS: A Flavoring Worth Savoring -- PARSNIPS: Who'd Have Thought They Could Be This Good? -- POTATOES: Baked, Boiled, & Knished -- RUTABAGAS: They Aren't Turnips -- WINTER SQUASH & PUMPKINS: The Pumpkin's in the Pie -- HEIGHT OF THE SEASON: Fall into Winter -- APPENDIX -- Preserving the Harvest -- Resources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O.

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