Field Guide to Produce: How to Identify, Select, and Prepare Virtually Every Fruit and Vegetable at the Market

At last, a field guide to identifying and selecting more than 200 fruits and vegetables from around the world!

The perfect companion for every shopper, Field Guide to Produce offers tips for selecting, storing, and preparing everything from apples to zucchini.

When an unfamiliar edible appears on your grocers shelf, simply flip through the full-color insert until youve found its photograph. Turn to the corresponding page to discover its country of origin, common uses, and season of harvest.

This practical guide includes more than 200 full-color photographs of the worlds most popular fruits and vegetables, cross-referenced to in-depth descriptions and selection tips. Step-by-step preparation directions tell you whether the item must be peeled, washed, trimmed, or blanched. Grocery shoppingand dinnerwill never be the same again!