Lemons: A Country Garden Cookbook

by Christopher Idone

Beautifully designed and exquisitely photographed, this unique series showcases sensational recipes that exhibit the wonderful versatility of fruits and vegetables, fresh from the garden or greengrocer's basket.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

96 pages, Hardcover

First published April 8, 1993

Reviews

[Brien · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lemons is a fine little cookbook. Elegant. Great recipes. Ethnic flavors. Nice photos. Only the complexity of its recipes prevented my giving it a fifth star.

"Grilled Chicken sandwich with Red Pepper Rouille," for example. Think of 'rouille' as a word for 'spread.' OK, granted, this recipe is for six sandwiches, not one, so one might be justified in taking six times the time to make it than one might making one sandwich. But to appreciate the level of complexity in this sandwich recipe, substitute the word 'duck' or 'pheasant' for the chicken. Don't get me wrong--the effort is worth it. But the effort is considerable.

[Jean-Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This slim volume may not be the definitive oeuvre on the virtue of the lemon, but it is my favorite. It is portable -- bookshelf to kitchen and back does not require a shopping cart. It is also beautiful: sometimes in the bleak midwinter I leaf through it for the sunny photographs. And the recipes are wonderful. "Mrs. Teddy Donahue's Lemon Cake," on pages 74-75, is one I have made so many times that I actually wore out a Bundt pan, a baking pan I otherwise am not enamored of. Shoot me an email if you wish a tip on how to improve this one by merely upping a couple ingredients. This cake, together with the almond cake in "Cooking for Mr. Latte," are the two that you will pass on to your daughter or, should you dare, to your son.

[Dottie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Idone’s lovely and delicious book dedicated to lemons leads my lemon books off beautifully, I only wish I’d found it sooner.

[Shirley · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite cookbook.