Special thanks to Blogging for Books for providing a review copy of this book.
The Nourished Kitchen Book Description:
A cookbook from the author of the popular website Nourished Kitchen, featuring over 160 recipes based on the “traditional foods” philosophy of eating, which emphasizes whole grains, dairy, red meat, organ meats, and fermented foods.
About the Author:
JENNIFER MCGRUTHER is a food educator and the author and creator of the award-winning traditional foods website, Nourished Kitchen (www.nourishedkitchen.com). She teaches workshops on traditional foods, fermentation, and food activism. Jennifer lives with her husband and son in the central mountains of Colorado where she and her husband started and managed a farmers market for seven years. Her work emphasizes traditional, from-scratch cooking with a focus on farm-to-table recipes. Find Jennifer on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.
Book Details:
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Ten Speed Press (April 15, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1607744686
ISBN-13: 978-1607744689
Retail Price: $27.99
Digital editions available
My Thoughts:
The Nourished Kitchen begins with Jennifer telling story of her traditional foods journey and then dives into some important information about the traditional foods movement. The book is then broken down into 8 main sections:
- From the Garden
- From the Pasture
- From the Range
- From the Waters
- From the Fields
- From the Wild
- From the Orchard
- From the Larder
Each chapter begins with a tale from Jennifer’s life relating to that chapter’s theme. She’s welcoming you into her life, her home. You can’t help but feel like a guest or maybe an old friend as her story unfolds through the pages of the book. Details about the topic are revealed before you dive into the mouth watering recipes. The gorgeous full color pictures make you want to dive right into preparing the recipes.
The tips and helpful hints, once again presented in a conversational manner, help you prepare the best meals possible. For example, in the first chapter, she talks about seasonal greens, finding the best olive oil, cooking with seasonal veggies, and adding fat to your veggies. Each recipe has a short narrative before the actual recipe. If you’re looking for nutritional breakdowns for each recipe, you won’t find them here. There is no calorie counting with the recipe book – just real food ingredients as close to their natural state as possible.
While I won’t be using every recipe in this book as we don’t eat organ meats or gluten, there are tons of recipes that will grace our table. Some of the recipes are a springboard for my own ideas as she really encourages the reader to use seasonal items. Jennifer has created a beautiful recipe book for those who want to eat a real food, traditional diet. It’s warm, conversational style allows you to learn about this lifestyle while creating healthy, delicious meals for yourself and your family.
Disclosure: I received this book free from Blogging for Books for this review. A positive review is not required nor guaranteed. All opinions are my own.
