Book Description

Love that fragrant lavender in your yard? Try cooking with it! That's right--use lavender's lemony-tasting blossoms and tangy leaves in the kitchen, not just the linen closet. Lavender pairs beautifully with oranges and other fruits, fish and seafood, poultry and meats, and adds mouth-watering, exotic flavor to vegetables and sweets. COOKING WITH LAVENDER shows how to create mealtime excitement, make food sing with savory, tangy, zesty recipes featuring this versatile herb, and have a great time in the kitchen experimenting with innovative dishes using luscious lavender. COOKING WITH LAVENDER includes lavender-laced soups, stews, and main dishes; lavender-energized side dishes; irresistible lavender-scented beverages, desserts, and sweets; dynamite lavender butters, rubs, and herb mixtures to add zing to ordinary dishes; and even lavender-charged dog biscuits. Make your kitchen smell good enough to eat with an armload of lavender blossoms, curl up in a cozy chair with COOKING WITH LAVENDER, and discover scrumptious ways to use this delicious herb. Start your lavender adventures today! ". . . long-awaited, timely cookbook on the enticement of lavender as a household culinary herb. It's user-friendly, too!" --Randy Murray, owner, For the Love of Lavender, Santa Fe, NM. "Great lavender recipes for people--and their four-footed friends." --Clint Alcott, owner, Four-footed Friends, Santa Fe, NM.