The Squash Cookbook

Celebrated cookbook author Yvonne Young Tarr, famed for her cooking skill, as well as her unique brand of inventiveness, now puts her very special touch on a very special food: squash, which is one of America's most popular crops and one of its favorite vegetables. Inside you will find a dazzling array of recipes for every taste and every occasion-hundreds in all, carefully selected from colonial and nineteenth century cookbooks, farm kitchens, foreign chefs, and the author's private files. But Yvonne Young Tarr offers much more than a cookbook. This practical, allpurpose volume leads you step-by-step from your spring seeding to the most sensational meals-a complete guide to planting, cultivating, harvesting, preserving, and cooking squash. In a cookbook as versatile as the vegetable itself, you'll find: ~ Dozens of tempting ways to prepare succulent zucchini, golden crookneck, sweet summer squash, tender butternut, and crisp winter acorn squash. ~ Separate chapters on pumpkins and gourds. ~ A choice of gourmet or farm-favorite recipes for everything from appetizers and soups to entrees, salads, sweets, and breads. ~ A complete section on growing squash successfully anywhere in the country, indoors or out. ~ Detailed information on canning and freezing, pickling and storing-making squash a sensational year-round staple. SQUASH: It's easy to grow, easy to store, and simple to prepare. It's inexpensive yet highly nutritious. It could well be the perfect food. THE SQUASH COOKBOOK -- as practical as it is creative -- is a perfectly delicious way to enjoy a cornucopia of culinary possibilities and rewards.